Dale Walker said:
Got several XP-Pro boxes running P2P network via Workgroups.
One on them acts as a file server. Each user on the client machines
also have a username & password on the server that is exactly the same
as on their respective client machine.
How can I set up a folder for each user that is accessible by only
that particular user from their respective client machine?
To illustrate...
XP-Server = Fred/Password1 with private folder called Fred-folder
Bill/Password2 with private folder called Bill-folder
Alice/Password3 with private folder called Alice-folder
XP-Client1= Fred/Password1
XP-Client2= Bill/Password2
XP-Client3= Alice/Password3
I've disabled simple file sharing.
OK, it's easy to set up file access permissions for each of the
private folders for the usernames created on XP-Server but I can't
work out to how to allow the respective users access their files from
their client machines.
There's no options in the 'locations' settings of XP-Server (e.g.
XP-Client1) to add users from other machines.
I was under the impression that Windows is supposed to automatically
accept other machines usernames if the username and password are the
same, failing that, pop up a login dialog box.
However when I try to access any of these folders with the correct
username/password, all I get is accessed denied messages, with no
option to enter a username or password
What gives?
You can't select a 'location' -- you would only be able to do that if you
had a domain up and running. (Even then, you can only choose users from the
domain or trusted domains, not other client machines.)
Yes, it should authenticate them if the username and password is the same.
You probably need to do this:
To select the Classic security model
1.. In Microsoft Management Console, open Group Policy and navigate to the
Security Settings container.
The file path is Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Windows
Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.
2.. Double-click Network access: Sharing and security model for local
accounts, and then click Properties.
3.. Select Classic - local users authenticate as themselves, and then
click OK.
The alternative policy setting, Guest only - local users authenticate as
Guest, requires all users to be treated equally - that is, all users
authenticate as Guest and thus receive the same level of access to a given
resource. When the computer is not joined to a domain, this setting
configures the file sharing and security tabs in Windows Explorer to
correspond to the sharing and security model in use.
