Re: Is this the way Windows XP was designed?

From: David Sherman (dshermin_at_ameritech.net)
Date: 05/03/05 

Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 09:52:14 -0400

True but lets take it like many users do it.

I right click on a folder in Windows 2000 and Windows XP and share it.
I don't care whether it is simple sharing or not. Most users use
simple sharing

XP should automatically ask for user name and password like Windows
2000 does. Try it.

Take a Linux Live Distrubition like Knoppix 3.8 and/or Suse 9.2 or
9.3. Boot it and tell me what you see.

Run nmap in Linux and get all the ip addesses.

Go for the files!!

On Mon, 02 May 2005 12:00:58 -0700, Malke <notreally@invalid.com>
wrote:

>Kerry Brown wrote:
>
>> "David Sherman" <dshermin@ameritech.net> wrote in message
>> news:c8jc71lg432l6fk468p9j2mcadv16aua87@4ax.com...
>>>I have XP pro.
>>> I know that file sharing can be turned off and on. But what if users
>>> want it on.
>>> If I bring in a Linux machine to the network, I would hope that this
>>> Linux can't get to the XP shared files. If a :inux box hits a
>>> Windows 2000 machine, the Linux user is asked a user name and
>>> password. Why isn't this the case with Windows XP?
>>>
>
>Linux, like all other grown-up operating systems except for XP Home, has
>a Guest account which is usually disabled by default for security
>reasons. XP Pro is exactly like this, too. Disable your Simple Sharing
>on XP Pro and Pro will require users to be authenticated just like
>Win2k or Linux, etc. You've just got XP Pro set up with Simple Sharing,
>that's all.
>
>Malke

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