P2P authentication

[johnsuth]

I have a problem with a peer server. I know this because requests FROM the peer work OK, but requests TO the peer get the error 53 message. The problem might be with authentication.

Peers may or may not know the names and passwords of users on other peers.

So is a peer request authenticated by virtue of:-
1) Arriving at the peer server?
2) The user name embedded in the request?
3) The user name and password embedded in the request?
4) Some other code embedded in the request?
5) Something else?

Thanks.

 

[allan_grossman]

Hi -

5) ;-)

Windows XP will not allow access to any resource under its control
unless the user authenticates to the machine hosting the resource. In
the case of XP Home (or XP Professional with Simple File Sharing
enabled) users authenticate using the local guest account.

In XP Professional where Simple File Sharing is disabled the user
account requesting the access to the resource must correspond to a
valid user account on the machine hosting the resource.

Sounds to me like you need to create a user account on the peer ;-)

Hope this helps -