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Alan
I have the exact same question as the exchange below from 8/5/03,
except my shares are on a W/2000 Pro box, and the machines I want to
selectively allow access are XP/Pro. Looks like W/2K doesn't allow
disabling simple file sharing. Is there a way to allow one box access
to some directories and the other box access to others? BTW, my
systems have printer sharing going both ways... Audit seems to
indicate the XP box is logging on as a local user(me), and I can make
it "forget" how to log on.
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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] ([email protected])
Subject: Re: File sharing
View: Complete Thread (146 articles)
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Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Date: 2003-08-05 22:48:32 PST
Here's how XP Pro (with simple file sharing disabled) controls network
access works in a workgroup (not in a domain):
1. You define permitted users and their type of access for a shared
disk or folder. The user accounts must exist on the local computer.
2. Someone logs into another computer on the network specifying a user
name and password.
3. That person requests access to an XP Pro share.
4. XP Pro looks at the user name and password specified by that person
at login time. If it matches an account on the local computer, XP Pro
grants or denies access according to the pre-defined permissions for
that account.
5. If the user name and password don't match an account on the local
computer, XP Pro replies and asks for a different user name and
password.
6. If the client computer runs Windows 2000 or XP, it displays the
prompt to the user, who can enter another user name and password. If
the client computer runs Windows 95/98/Me, it displays the dreaded
IPC$ prompt, for which there's no correct reply.
This web site has details:
Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
except my shares are on a W/2000 Pro box, and the machines I want to
selectively allow access are XP/Pro. Looks like W/2K doesn't allow
disabling simple file sharing. Is there a way to allow one box access
to some directories and the other box access to others? BTW, my
systems have printer sharing going both ways... Audit seems to
indicate the XP box is logging on as a local user(me), and I can make
it "forget" how to log on.
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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] ([email protected])
Subject: Re: File sharing
View: Complete Thread (146 articles)
Original Format
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Date: 2003-08-05 22:48:32 PST
"Paul Ooi" said:I am a Windows XP user and am currently in a workgroup called SHALOM.
I am trying to make the following work.
I wish to share 2 folders, which are PRIVATE and PUBLIC respectively,
they are both in a disk which has been formatted to NTFS. PUBLIC
should be able to be accessed by anyone in the network while PRIVATE
should only be accessed by certain people.
This is what I have done so far.
In the Security tab of the PUBLIC folder properties, i added
PAUL\Guests user group and in the Share Permissions tab i added
PAUL\Guests user group too. PUBLIC now can be accessed by anyone in
the network without requiring them to enter any password. The problem
now is the PRIVATE folder which I want to restrict some users to have
access to it. I want Windows to prompt the user to enter a username
and password and if it matches one of the restricted user accounts in
my computer, then access is granted to them, otherwise deny their
access. How do I do that?
Thank you.
Paul
Here's how XP Pro (with simple file sharing disabled) controls network
access works in a workgroup (not in a domain):
1. You define permitted users and their type of access for a shared
disk or folder. The user accounts must exist on the local computer.
2. Someone logs into another computer on the network specifying a user
name and password.
3. That person requests access to an XP Pro share.
4. XP Pro looks at the user name and password specified by that person
at login time. If it matches an account on the local computer, XP Pro
grants or denies access according to the pre-defined permissions for
that account.
5. If the user name and password don't match an account on the local
computer, XP Pro replies and asks for a different user name and
password.
6. If the client computer runs Windows 2000 or XP, it displays the
prompt to the user, who can enter another user name and password. If
the client computer runs Windows 95/98/Me, it displays the dreaded
IPC$ prompt, for which there's no correct reply.
This web site has details:
Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm