map Windows 2000 shared drive or folder from Windows 9x ?

[Wayne Scott]

Hi Folks:

I have a little network with Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 98, Windows ME
PCs. I can see all machines from any, but cannot map Windows 2000
shared drives or folders from the less secure machines. When I try, I
am prompted for a password, but the ones for accounts I have are
rejected.

Is there a setup I must do on Windows 2000 to allow others to access
this way?

I have a work group but not a domain; I hope I do not have to mess
with this.

Thanks,
Wayne Scott

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

On the Win2K server, create user account(s), with password(s), that
have the desired access privileges to the desired shares. Log on to
the Win9x PCs using those accounts, and you will be able to access the
designated shares, provided your network is configured properly.

Configuring Windows 2000 Professional to Work in a Peer-to-Peer
Workgroup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q258717

HOW TO Share Files and Folders Over a Network for Workgroup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q301281&sd=tech



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[Dolphus Brown]

I don't think Win 98 or ME can map to an NTFS volume. (if you are using
NTFS)
Dolphus

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The file systems on the various computers communicating over a
network are completely irrelevant, as none of the individual
computers' operating systems ever directly access the other computers'
hard drives. Instead, a computer sends a "request," if you will, for
the desired data, and the operating system of the host ("receiving")
computer accesses its own hard drive (whose file system it obviously
can read) and then sends that data back to the requesting computer as
neutral packets of information that are completely independent of the
file systems on the respective computers. After all, don't you use a
Windows-based PC (whether it's FAT32 or NTFS) to access data stored on
the Internet's mostly Unix servers, which use a completely different
file system?


Bruce Chambers

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