Can't login to shared folder on server

[Guest]

At my office we are running an xServe running Mac OS X 10.3 and my computer
is a new Dell Centrino Laptop running XP Pro SP2. Our server techs built
several shared folders and given appropriate read write permissions to the
users.

Also at our office we have several computers running XP Pro SP1. On those
machines we go to View Workgroup Computers and our server is listed. When you
double click on the icon a window comes up and asks for my user name and
password. The must be entered as LASTNAME\Firstname_Lastname and then the
password. Once I login I get my shared folders.

On my Dell with SP2 I can go to View Workgroup Computers and our server is
in my list. However, when I double click on the Server I don’t get prompted
for my login. It just lists my shared folders. When I double click on one of
them I get this.

\\SERVERNAME\SharedFolder is not accessible. You might not have permissions
to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.

Network access is denied.

Any idea how to get SP2 to let me into my shared folder on the server?


Any suggestions would be most appreciated

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

At my office we are running an xServe running Mac OS X 10.3 and my computer
is a new Dell Centrino Laptop running XP Pro SP2. Our server techs built
several shared folders and given appropriate read write permissions to the
users.

Also at our office we have several computers running XP Pro SP1. On those
machines we go to View Workgroup Computers and our server is listed. When you
double click on the icon a window comes up and asks for my user name and
password. The must be entered as LASTNAME\Firstname_Lastname and then the
password. Once I login I get my shared folders.

On my Dell with SP2 I can go to View Workgroup Computers and our server is
in my list. However, when I double click on the Server I don’t get prompted
for my login. It just lists my shared folders. When I double click on one of
them I get this.

\\SERVERNAME\SharedFolder is not accessible. You might not have permissions
to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.

Network access is denied.

Any idea how to get SP2 to let me into my shared folder on the server?


Any suggestions would be most appreciated

Thanks

Tony,

The most obvious question is whether the server techs intend for you to have
access to those shares. Is this maybe an issue which they should resolve?

Is this a domain or workgroup? Domain authentication / authorisation can be
tricky, depending upon how the domain is setup.

Are the XP computers running XP Home or Pro? This makes a difference also.

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start - Run -
"cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window. Ensure
that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control
userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without entering a
new password.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.

Check for a browser conflict between your laptop, and the server computers. I"m
not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the program that
allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. If your computer is
running the browser service, it could be conflicting with the servers.

Disable the browser on your laptop. Control Panel - Administrative Tools -
Services. Verify that the Computer Browser shows with Status = Stopped and
Disabled.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

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Cheers,
Chuck
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