file sharing in domainless LAN?

[james]

I'm helping a friend maintain her small business office computers.

There is no server/domain controller because nobody knows how to manage one
and it would become a liability than a helper.

Yet, there is a need to share files between my friend and her secretary, and
to prevent anyone else on the LAN from seeing those files (they share the
LAN with other businesses in the same building).

One way I know how to do this is to create a duplicate account of my friend
on her secretary's computer, and create her secretary's account on her
computer, and turn off the guest account. This allows the two computers to
share files with each other without asking for password each time. The only
minor disadvantage is if one of them changes password, she has to do it on
the other computer as well.

Are there better ways to do this?

 

[Malke]

I'm helping a friend maintain her small business office computers.

There is no server/domain controller because nobody knows how to manage
one and it would become a liability than a helper.

Yet, there is a need to share files between my friend and her secretary,
and to prevent anyone else on the LAN from seeing those files (they share
the LAN with other businesses in the same building).

One way I know how to do this is to create a duplicate account of my
friend on her secretary's computer, and create her secretary's account on
her computer, and turn off the guest account. This allows the two
computers to share files with each other without asking for password each
time. The only minor disadvantage is if one of them changes password, she
has to do it on the other computer as well.

Are there better ways to do this?

No, not in a Workgroup.

Malke

 

[smlunatick]

I'm helping a friend maintain her small business office computers.

There is no server/domain controller because nobody knows how to manage one
and it would become a liability than a helper.

Yet, there is a need to share files between my friend and her secretary, and
to prevent anyone else on the LAN from seeing those files (they share the
LAN with other businesses in the same building).

One way I know how to do this is to create a duplicate account of my friend
on her secretary's computer, and create her secretary's account on her
computer, and turn off the guest account. This allows the two computers to
share files with each other without asking for password each time. The only
minor disadvantage is if one of them changes password, she has to do it on
the other computer as well.

Are there better ways to do this?

Depending on how they share the LAN but without doing any duplicate
accounts, you might want place a router in between your friend's small
two PCs network and the larger LAN (to be used as the WAN access.)