Connecting a Win2K Machine to a network with Win98 and WinXP

[AdamDTate]

Hi,

I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?

Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
administrative side of Win2K?

Any help or recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!

 

[Richard G. Harper]

You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user names
and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.

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[AdamDTate]

Richard,

Thank you for your response, but I am not quite sure why that would
need to be done?

All I should have to do is enable sharing of the drive. Why would I
need to and where would I add user accounts to the new computer. It is
a peer to peer network. Computer A, B and C if granted sharing
privilages should be able to communicate with each other?

My question was directed more towards why there are the "$" signs on
the tail end of the directories and why they can not be accssed by the
Win98 and XP computers on the Win2k machine.

Thanks,

Adam

You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user names
and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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Hi,

I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?

Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
administrative side of Win2K?

Any help or recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!

 

[AdamDTate]

Richard,

Thank you for your response, but I am not quite sure why that would
need to be done?

All I should have to do is enable sharing of the drive. Why would I
need to and where would I add user accounts to the new computer. It is
a peer to peer network. Computer A, B and C if granted sharing
privilages should be able to communicate with each other?

My question was directed more towards why there are the "$" signs on
the tail end of the directories and why they can not be accssed by the
Win98 and XP computers on the Win2k machine.

Thanks,

Adam

You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user names
and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Hi,

I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?

Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
administrative side of Win2K?

Any help or recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!

 

[anon]

that $ sign means that share is an administration share (or something like
that). a share with the $ is only used by windows internals, and i think
active directory type stuff too.

what you need to do is make a brand new share for your C drive (you can
delete the $C one if you want, but you don't have to), and name it whatever
you want. this new share will be viewable to your other computers when
browsing the network.

-a

Richard,

Thank you for your response, but I am not quite sure why that would
need to be done?

All I should have to do is enable sharing of the drive. Why would I
need to and where would I add user accounts to the new computer. It is
a peer to peer network. Computer A, B and C if granted sharing
privilages should be able to communicate with each other?

My question was directed more towards why there are the "$" signs on
the tail end of the directories and why they can not be accssed by the
Win98 and XP computers on the Win2k machine.

Thanks,

Adam

You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user names
and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Hi,

I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?

Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
administrative side of Win2K?

Any help or recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!

 

[Richard G. Harper]

The reason it needs to be done is because in a peer-to-peer network all
share access is controlled from the PC hosting the share. Just setting a
share up for "Everyone" isn't good enough since "Everyone" in this case
means "Everyone who has an account on this PC".

If your computer has an account named Adam and mine has an account named
Richard, setting share rights to "Everyone" means that I can only use shares
on your computer if I log on with the name "Adam" - your computer has no
idea who "Richard" is and won't grant access. But if you create an account
named "Richard" with the same password I use, and I create an account named
"Adam" with the same password you use, then "Everyone" will mean "Both Adam
and Richard may access this share".

The dollar sign means that the share is an "Administrative" share - these
shares cannot be browsed even by an authorized account and are generally
used either to hide shares from plain view or, for an entire drive, shares
the drive so that anyone with Administrator rights can see it.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Richard,

Thank you for your response, but I am not quite sure why that would
need to be done?

All I should have to do is enable sharing of the drive. Why would I
need to and where would I add user accounts to the new computer. It is
a peer to peer network. Computer A, B and C if granted sharing
privilages should be able to communicate with each other?

My question was directed more towards why there are the "$" signs on
the tail end of the directories and why they can not be accssed by the
Win98 and XP computers on the Win2k machine.

Thanks,

Adam

You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user
names
and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Hi,

I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?

Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
administrative side of Win2K?

Any help or recommendations would be welcome.

Thanks!