folder security XP Home

  • Thread starter Thread starter Paul Pedersen
  • Start date Start date
P

Paul Pedersen

What kind of folder security is available on XP Home? Is it possible to
limit access to a shared folder to certain users or groups?
 
XP Home has only two tiers of account privileges, Limited &
Administrator. Because of this, it really is a "All or Nothing" form
of ACL (Access Control Listing ). Is this shared resource on the
XP home machine or served from another OS ?
Also XP Home uses "Simple File Sharing" and the ability to make
changes to the Folder ACL is limited to a "Safe Mode" session.
 
This is a folder on an XP Home machine that is to be shared with some people
on the network, but not with others.

Perhaps I'll have to recommend that he buy an XP Pro machine to host the
files. (Vista is probably out, because I've heard security on it is
difficult to deal with, plus I'm not familiar with it.)

Or is there a third party software solution available?
 
Back
Top