Re: Access share with a different logon

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 18:56:48 +0200

Hi,

another way is if you open Windows Explorer and go to Tools -> Map network
drive... Follow the wizard... Last option that I can think of right now is
writing a VB Script for mapping a netowrk drive.

Mike

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1f3d601c457a0$6cb93f00$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for the help. So, I have to map a drive letter?
> The shares on this PC have to be available to the users
> on my network at all times, so I guess I'll put the "net
> use" statement in their startup scripts? I'm not
> concerned about security inside my office. I'm just
> trying to avoid giving full control to the "Everyone"
> group so I don't get worms. You said there are other
> ways of doing the same thing? If you could give me a
> quick rundown of what a few of them are and if any of
> them may be better than mapping a drive letter, I'd
> really appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>you can try it like this. In command line enter this:
>>
>>net use w: \\mypc\myshare /user:yourfirstusername
> password
>>
>>For "mypc" enter name of your PC where your files are
>>For "myshare" enter name of the share you try to access
>>For "/user" enter your username e.g. Paul_1
>>For "password" enter your current password for user
> Paul_1
>>W: can stay that if it is not taken letter for the drive
>>
>>Now you have mapped the drive and you can access these
> files by going to W:
>>drive.
>>
>>There are also few other ways to do the same thing...
>>
>>After you are done, disconnect the mapped drive e.g. net
> use w: /delete
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>"Paul Kraemer" <KraemerPW@cs.com> wrote in message
>>news:1e6e501c4556a$9e953750$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a Windows XP PC named \\XP1 on a peer-to-peer
>>> network (no domain server). I have granted permission
> to
>>> this folder to a local user named 'Paul_1'. If I sit
>>> down at another pc on my network where I am logged on
>>> locally as 'Paul_2' and try to access the shared folder
>>> on the other pc, I get a message saying that "The share
>>> is not accessible. You might not have permission to
> use
>>> this network resource..." It doesn't give me the
>>> opportunity to enter the username/password for 'XP1
>>> \Paul_1'. For this reason, I am unable to access the
>>> share. Is it possbible to make this happen?
>>>
>>> I am able to gain access by giving permissions to the
>>> built-in 'Everyone' group, but I believe this is a big
>>> security risk because the PC has a dial-up internet
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Paul
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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