What password????

[RICH DROOGIE]

I have a small home network. It was (2) Win98se PCs & now
I've added a W2K PC (for NAS). It is set to participate as
a peer (the option for domain membership was not chosen)
on this network. The workgroup name is the same as the 2
Win98se PCs.

It is set now to boot directly into W2K, logging itself in
as administrator.

I can browse to the W2K PC from the other 2 BUT when I try
to access the shares there I am chalenged for a password,
but what password????

I thought I had all the shares set to allow full access
w/o any passwords but I still cannot connect.

Thank you...

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Make sure to set up an account/password on the Win2000
PC, then log on to the Win98 PCs under that same account
and password.

 

[RICH DROOGIE]

Does this mean I *MUST* set up users for the win98se PCs?
Can't the w2k PC be told to just let anyone have access to
whatever share?

Right now we just boot straight to windows w/o having to
log in.

 

[Rob Elder, MVP]

Logons are required for network connectivity.

You can configure your 98 PC for automatically logon and do it that way if
you like.

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/125/

 

[f/fgeorge]

Wouldn't it just be easier to remove the check box that by default
disables the guest account?
Making the guest account active lets anyone access your machine that
has access to your network! NOT in any way secure but works for those
of us in home type networks!

 

[Roland Hall]

:
: Wouldn't it just be easier to remove the check box that by default
: disables the guest account?
: Making the guest account active lets anyone access your machine that
: has access to your network! NOT in any way secure but works for those
: of us in home type networks!

Which shares? You have to have admin privs to access Administrative shares.
Also, having share rights does not give you file system rights. Both must
be set appropriately.

And, a word of warning. You get infected with any worm that propagates to
network shares, and your whole network is now infected. Anti-virus works in
local memory space.

Ex.

PC1 - antivirus out of date, disabled,etc.
PC2 - has shares which allows anyone, including guest to connect without
authentication with full rights
PC1 - gets infected with worm that propagates to network shares
PC2 - which has working and updated antivirus but gets infected via network
share because worm is not in PC2 memory
PC3 - user connects to PC2 and grabs infected files and runs it in its own
memory. If antivirus not running or out of date here, this computer now is
also infected.

Let's make it easier:

PC1 - infected PC2 across share and part of the payload is to overwrite all
*.vbs, *.dll, etc. files with virulent code. PC2 may be protected locally
but now has lost these files because there was no security measures put in
place to prevent it.

I think the #1 question regarding network security begins with a statement:
"We got infected and now we need help protecting ourselves. What do you
recommend...??"

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[Danny Slye - [MSFT}]

You need to create an account on the W2K machine with the same username and
password that you use to log on to the Win98 machines or enable the guest
account.
258938 Network Clients Prompted for Password Connecting to Share on Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258938
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I have a small home network. It was (2) Win98se PCs & now
I've added a W2K PC (for NAS). It is set to participate as
a peer (the option for domain membership was not chosen)
on this network. The workgroup name is the same as the 2
Win98se PCs.

It is set now to boot directly into W2K, logging itself in
as administrator.

I can browse to the W2K PC from the other 2 BUT when I try
to access the shares there I am chalenged for a password,
but what password????

I thought I had all the shares set to allow full access
w/o any passwords but I still cannot connect.

Thank you...

__
Danny Slye
Microsoft Support Professional
MCSE

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