File sharing in a workgroup

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Hey, I've been reading network documents endlessly for a solution to this
one. I have 2 Win XP Pro machines with Simple File Sharing disabled. I'd like
to be able to share resources on both machines. They are networked in a
wireless LAN. What I want is to be able to add a user from 1 machine into the
permissions of the other, without having to set up extra user accounts on the
other machines. The reason being is that both machines belong to 2 different
people.

When I go to add a user in, it only allows the location as the local
machine. Is there any way to do this without being on a domain?
 
Hey, I've been reading network documents endlessly for a solution to this
one. I have 2 Win XP Pro machines with Simple File Sharing disabled. I'd like
to be able to share resources on both machines. They are networked in a
wireless LAN. What I want is to be able to add a user from 1 machine into the
permissions of the other, without having to set up extra user accounts on the
other machines. The reason being is that both machines belong to 2 different
people.

When I go to add a user in, it only allows the location as the local
machine. Is there any way to do this without being on a domain?
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Without a domain, you can only setup authorisation to local accounts. You have
to be able to trust the computer with the other accounts. That trust is
reserved for domain controllers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/setting-up-domain-or-workgroup-plan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/setting-up-domain-or-workgroup-plan.html
 
No, though you can access a share on the other machine without adding the
user with a net use command
net use \\otherpc\sharename /USER:username password
The username and password must match a valid user and password on the other
machine.

It's convoluted, but if your concern is to allow access only to a specific
share, you might be able to do this by creating a user on the server machine
and controlling what that account can access by NTFS permissions.
 
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