Authentication on "My Network"

[Jerry Spence1]

I was working at a customer's site this afternoon. They have a domain (but I
don't think this has anything to do with it), and I was configuring two PC
on a peer to peer configuration and the problems I was getting raised some
doubts in my mind about how browsing authentication works.

On computer 'A' I have a shared directory and have assigned full rights for
a local user 'jerry'. Computer 'B' is currently logged in by it's owner
('harry') - who has no rights on computer 'A'.

When I go through Windows explorer and click through My Network Places -
Entire Network etc. I eventually arrive at Computer 'A'. However I can't
see any of the files in its shared directory as presumably it is trying to
authenticate me as 'harry' on computer 'A' - and so I see nothing.

In the past I have seen a username/password box come up, but I couldn't get
it this time. The only way I could see the share was to configure a drive
mapping and that seems to force things to work and I could then use the UNC
path, which is what I am trying to achieve.

My questions therefore are:

1. What controls whether you get this username/password box come up? How do
you force it to come up?

2. How do I tell explorer that I want to see the details of the share as
local user 'jerry'?

3. When I reboot computer 'B', what controls the username/password for
computer 'A'? (Again - I guess this is tied in with question 1.)

Thanks

- Jerry

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

1. What controls whether you get this username/password box come up? How do
you force it to come up?

Jerry,

it depends on whether Guest access is possible. If it is
possible, the computer tries Guest access. If that doesn't work
either, it just fails to connect.

2. How do I tell explorer that I want to see the details of the share as
local user 'jerry'?

Other than the method you already described, to map a network
drive, you can perhaps use the manage your passwords
admistration in User Manager. Click on your own account first.

Haven't done this in a while, so I'm not sure.

3. When I reboot computer 'B', what controls the username/password for
computer 'A'? (Again - I guess this is tied in with question 1.)

Same answer.

Hans-Georg