Domain members in a peer-to-peer environment

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I have 3-4 laptops running XP Pro which all are part of 2003 domain.
Periodically the users want to be able to share files when they are together
working at a client site. I have worked out the networking logistical issues
by using a wireless router with DHCP. All the computers get IP address and
can ping each other.

When I try to map a drive between two machines the only way it will work is
if I use the primary user login credentials from the machine I am trying to
connect to.

Is there a way to get around this? Can domain memebers work in a peer to
peer fashion when they are not connected to the domain?

Also, this must be as simple as possible for support reasons.
 
Although Max's suggestion will work it won't be simple - or in any case it
will be as "simple" as any peer-to-peer network will be. But if you're
disconnected from the domain you lose all the central security and user
management features, and there's no easy way to replace those services.

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Basically, No. The reason is that the domain-controller provides
authentication, so when it's not accesible no sharing works. Although
user-logons are cached, sharing-credentials are not.

If the machines were taken out of the domain they could workgroup, and -
perhaps surprisingly - they could still have limited access to the domain, by
providing a separate authentication. However this separate authentication
would not provide full domain-membership benefits.

The other isue here is that taking the computer out of the domain means a
change of user-account, and associated loss of settings, etc. so you
wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.

This is an area I need to look-into as it affects our laptop-users. At the
moment that's the best answer I can give you.
 
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