password for accessing network folders

[Justin Jeffries]

How do I set a network password between all computers on my network,
prohibiting certain computers from accessing certain files/folders. I want
that small box that comes up like "Enter network password"... to gain the
access to the certain folder. How do I do this?

 

[WTC]

Do some reading, too much details

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prdd_sec_vqxp.asp

Good Luck

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

How do I set a network password between all computers on my network,
prohibiting certain computers from accessing certain files/folders. I want
that small box that comes up like "Enter network password"... to gain the
access to the certain folder. How do I do this?

I'm sorry, but Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and
folders.

Windows 95, 98, and Me have passwords for shared disks and folders.
However, anyone who knows the password can access a Windows 95/98/Me
shared disk or folder, regardless of what computer he/she is using.
There's no way to prohibit access by certain computers.

Here are some ways to control access to your shared disks and folders
in Windows XP:

1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
written a web page with details:

Windows XP Simple File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

2. Assign a password to the "Guest" account. When other people try
to access anything on your computer, they'll be prompted to enter the
password:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.

3. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:

HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531

4. If you have Windows XP Professional, you can disable simple file
sharing and define access control lists that specify user names and
their allowed mode of access. Ron Lowe and I have written a web page
with details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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[WTC]

Sure it does, I have to enter a username and password every time I enter a
shared folder through a home network. I set it up through the Local Security
Policy. And modified the folder security permissions.

 

[WTC]

In the Local Security Policy I Disabled the Guest account and Selected
Classic - local user authenticate as themselves in the Network access:
Sharing and security mode for local accounts.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Sure it does, I have to enter a username and password every time I enter a
shared folder through a home network. I set it up through the Local Security
Policy. And modified the folder security permissions.

No, Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and folders.
Windows 95, 98, and Me let you assign passwords to shared disks and
folders, but Windows XP doesn't.

What you did is something different, and it's only available on XP
Professional, not on XP Home Edition. You defined an access control
list, as I mentioned in #4 above, that specified which users can
access a shared folder. Someone who wants to access the shared folder
over the network must log on to his/her computer with a user name and
password that match an account in the access control list that you
defined.
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[Justin Jeffries]

I tried going through Local Security Policy, but that didn't work. Can you
give me the basic steps to do this.

 

[Justin Jeffries]

I now have the password box come up to access network shares every time I
log on. However, when I type the network password for the specified folder
and it lets me in, after I close the folder, it keeps letting me in without
the "enter network password" dialogue box. How do I set it to come up every
time?

 

[WTC]

Did you disbale Simple File Sharing

to do this open an explorer window and select Tools>Folder options>View and
uncheck Use simple file sharing. Then click Apply.

See if this helps.

please post back with your Result

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[WTC]

the "enter network password" dialogue box. How do I set it to come up
Mine does the same will post back when I correct, if all possible.

 

[Justin Jeffries]

I found out that in order for the "enter network password" dialogue box to
come up after attempting to open a folder, you have to log on and off to
reset it. If I log on and click on the shared folder, it asks for my network
password. However, this unlocks all folders and I can access all folders.
Also, like said, it does not re-lock and it keeps letting me into the
folders after they have been closed. To reset this network password, I have
to log off, then back on again. Is there a way that it resets after you exit
the folder?

 

[Justin Jeffries]

My "use simple file sharing" was already unchecked.

 

[Bob Willard]

I now have the password box come up to access network shares every time I
log on. However, when I type the network password for the specified folder
and it lets me in, after I close the folder, it keeps letting me in without
the "enter network password" dialogue box. How do I set it to come up every
time?

The scope of authentication is different for XP than for W9x. With W9x,
the password is for a file or a folder; with XP, it is for a connection.

 

[WTC]

But could you modify your shared permission (not using simple file sharing)
to accomplish who has access to files and folders? Personally I would use an
FTP server using IIS 6.

 

[Justin Jeffries]

Yes, I can modify shared permissions, but I like the idea of having a
password dialogue pop up every time. If it is not possible to come up every
time and I have to log off to reset it, than I suppose that is what I will
have to do. Thanks a bunch.

 

[WTC]

Go into Start>run and enter

Inetcpl.cpl

then click the "Content" Tab

select "AutoComplete"

uncheck "user names and passwords on forms"

This might help you

Good Luck

 

[Justin Jeffries]

Those were also already unchecked. Any more ideas?

Go into Start>run and enter

Inetcpl.cpl

then click the "Content" Tab

select "AutoComplete"

uncheck "user names and passwords on forms"

This might help you

Good Luck