Enabling sharing folders only after entering remote login name+password?

[Peter Hanke]

I enabled file/folder sharing on a WinXP Pro system for a certain folder.

When I access this local folder from another remote (LAN) computer with different
users I can access this folder without further requirements by only mapping
the folder to a new drive letter.

From other installations (e.g. with Win2000) I know that the remote user has to
enter an existing username + corresp. password of the target system to be able
to really access the shared folder. Why not here?

Do I have to switch on a special setting to force outside users to enter a local
user+password?

Peter

 

[Chuck]

I enabled file/folder sharing on a WinXP Pro system for a certain folder.

When I access this local folder from another remote (LAN) computer with different
users I can access this folder without further requirements by only mapping
the folder to a new drive letter.

From other installations (e.g. with Win2000) I know that the remote user has to
enter an existing username + corresp. password of the target system to be able
to really access the shared folder. Why not here?

Do I have to switch on a special setting to force outside users to enter a local
user+password?

Peter

Peter,

Do you have Simple File Sharing enabled? Or is Guest explicitly setup to allow
sharing? If so, you need to disable this.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest

Or did you already disable SFS, and setup matching account / password on each
computer?

 

[Brian A.]

In either MyComputer or Explorer, on the menu bar click Tools > Folder Options... > View tab.
Scroll to the bottom and uncheck "Simple file sharing" if it's checked.
Click Apply > OK.


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