Re: Sharing folders that everybody can read ?
- From: "Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:17:21 -0800
Hah - suspicion confirmed. Even with the "guest" account
off on the server, if I enable the guest account on the client
machine (with no password even), I can access that folder
that I was trying to access. This sort of confirms the suspicion
that it is related to two different passwords on the same
named account on the machines. Guest has no problem.
Fine, I'll run it as a scheduled task (update virus defs)
from the admin account with the extra checkbox in there
for run at startup so I make sure it is updated if the system
is off for several days then turned on.
mikey
"Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:O19beZqMGHA.536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tried that -- yes, I can read it, but only AFTER I enter
a name (including guest) in the popup name/password
box. For the rest of the session, it is no problem (and
the first time does not require a password - just a name
(all the regular accounts do have passwords on them).
I suspect it is because I am trying it from an account that
has a different password on the two machines. Maybe
I'll try it from a new account with no equiv. on the other
machine. Just a bit odd.
mikey
"bagins" <dejan /at\ levaja /dot\ com> wrote in message news:uWzU1$gMGHA.3860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHi, Mike.
Enable Guest account, open share permissions, add Guest and check Read
permission.
On the security tab, add Everyone.
That's it.
Regards
"Mike Fields" <spam_me_not_mr.gadget2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eO4mNmSMGHA.3272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sort of along the same lines as "Read Shared File from Other PC"
post, but I didn't want to hijack his. Windows XP Pro multiple
machines. Simple file sharing turned off. Trying to figure out
how to let ANYBODY read a folder. I have read the resource
kit info, played with the permissions etc. If I try and open the
folder from another machine where the account name is the
same on both machines, but different passwords, I get the dialog
box asking for name/password. If I enter guest (I enabled the
guest account), I can get in. If I type the current user name,
I get in. Once it has let me in then subsequent attempts open
without the dialog. What I want to do is have it let anybody
read the files in that folder. If I set a folder on my windoze 98
machine to share, read-only that can be read on the first try without any
issue. I just can't figure out how to do it in XP-Pro
(have SP2 and other updates installed). If I try it from an
account where the names/passwords match on both machines,
I get in with no problem. Which piece of the puzzle have
I missed (I am sharing the virus definitions to other machines
in the network that do not have internet access .. machines
in the kids rooms ;-) )
--
Mikey aka "mr.gadget"
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