Print and file sharing

[Jerry]

Is there a way to configure print and file sharing through
group policy or logon script?

You see we normally have print and file sharing disabled
on client machines. We simply do not trust our users not
to share critical stuff.

However, we want to use MBSA to check the client machines
on our network. MBSA requires print and file sharing to
be enabled.

Our idea is to use group policy or logon scripts to enable
print and file sharing so we can run MBSA. Then when the
checks are complete we want to disable print and file
sharing again.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Is there a way to configure print and file sharing through
group policy or logon script?

You see we normally have print and file sharing disabled
on client machines. We simply do not trust our users not
to share critical stuff.

However, we want to use MBSA to check the client machines
on our network. MBSA requires print and file sharing to
be enabled.

Our idea is to use group policy or logon scripts to enable
print and file sharing so we can run MBSA. Then when the
checks are complete we want to disable print and file
sharing again.

Hi

From a script, you can use snetcfg.exe to do this:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

(note that if you want to use snetcfg.exe in a user logon script, the
users needs to be local admins)