Network Share question

[Solo`]

Hello again,

I have 3 machines on a windows XP Pro wireless network. Firewall enabled on
all and 128 bit running. I have 1 share on each computer called 'data'. I
have 1 different named user account created on each PC. So it looks like
this...

Computer 1 = User 1
Computer 2 = User 2
Computer 3 = User 3

All setup on workgroup

When I log onto Computer 1, I right click on the data share and what to
grant modify access to User 2 which obviously is on Computer 2. (If that
makes sense) I can browse for the user that I want to grant access for but
the look in field where I can choose which machine to look on is greyed out
(dimmed) I cannot browse the others machines to choose one of those other
users. Surely I should be able to do this. I cannot understand why this
field is dimmed and inaccessable. Can someone please explain why I cannot do
this, it's quite frustrating...

thanks in advance

 

[Kurt]

Global users are only available in a domain. In a workgroup, you must create
all three user accounts on all three workstations. The credentials
(username/password) will "pass-through" from one computer to the next. With
only three computers, this should not be a problem to maintain. If you
change user1's password on computer1, you'll also have to chage it on the
other computers. You could also take a look at Samba running on any cheap
Linux box tha will emulate an NT4 domain and give you a central authority.

....kurt

 

[Solo]

Thanks Kurt that clears it up for me.

Much appreciated
--
S.

Global users are only available in a domain. In a workgroup, you must
create all three user accounts on all three workstations. The credentials
(username/password) will "pass-through" from one computer to the next.
With only three computers, this should not be a problem to maintain. If
you change user1's password on computer1, you'll also have to chage it on
the other computers. You could also take a look at Samba running on any
cheap Linux box tha will emulate an NT4 domain and give you a central
authority.

...kurt