File Sharing Permissions from Clients in a Home Network

[Guest]

I have three computers on a Home network, each running XP Professional. I
want to share some of the files to all users on the network, and limit access
to one person. Its easy giving everyone access to the general folders.
However, I can't figure out how to exclude the one user from the selected
folders. What I'm trying to do is remove the "Everyone" permission for the
selected folders, and add permissions to the two clients who want to share
the folder. My problem is that I can't specify their individual computer
under "From this location". All I ever see is the local machine, and I can't
identify or enter the client machine.
If I'm Tom on Computer A, how do I allow Betty access to Computer A from her
machine, Computer B?
Thanks much!
Scott

 

[Malke]

I have three computers on a Home network, each running XP
Professional. I want to share some of the files to all users on the
network, and limit access to one person. Its easy giving everyone
access to the general folders. However, I can't figure out how to
exclude the one user from the selected folders. What I'm trying to do
is remove the "Everyone" permission for the selected folders, and add
permissions to the two clients who want to share the folder. My
problem is that I can't specify their individual computer under "From
this location". All I ever see is the local machine, and I can't
identify or enter the client machine. If I'm Tom on Computer A, how do
I allow Betty access to Computer A from her machine, Computer B?
Thanks much!
Scott

Since you have XP Pro, you've got the tools you need. Create a new user
group and add the users who should have access (not forgetting to add
yourself and Administrator). Now set your permissions on the share
accordingly. Here's an example:

Make a new user group called "Marketing". Add all the Marketing people
(and yourself and Administrator) to that group but none of the
Production people. Now go to a share - let's called it "Marketing
Reports". Assign permissions to it so that only the Marketing group can
read/write to that folder. When someone who is not in the Marketing
group tries to access that folder, s/he will be denied access.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Malke,
Thanks for your help. This seems clear, except, how do I creat a new user
group? Do you mean workgroup, or user group (as in Power Users), or something
else all together.
Sorry I'm slow....
Scott

 

[Malke]

Malke,
Thanks for your help. This seems clear, except, how do I creat a new
user group? Do you mean workgroup, or user group (as in Power Users),
or something else all together.
Sorry I'm slow....
Scott

You're not slow - don't apologize for asking for more information. You
need to make a new user group. Go to the Administrative Tools applet in
Control Panel. From there, double-click Computer Management. Then
expand Local Users and Groups. Then left-click (in the left panel) on
Groups. Now click on Action in the File menu. Now choose New Group.
Take it away, Scott!

Malke

 

[Guest]

Done! Works like a charm Malke.
Thank you and happy holidays,
Scott

 

[Malke]

Done! Works like a charm Malke.
Thank you and happy holidays,
Scott

You're most welcome. Happy holidays to you, too.

Malke