Selective file shareing

[Shamit Manchanda]

I have about 5 computers on a peer to peer network Say they are called A,
B, C , D , E - I want A & B to be able to share the resource but not C, D &
E. The moment you share a resource it becomes available to everyone. This
was very conviniently done under win 98 but in Win XP pro there is no way of
assigning individual passwords to resources even with Simple File Sharing
disabled.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have about 5 computers on a peer to peer network Say they are called A,
B, C , D , E - I want A & B to be able to share the resource but not C, D &
E. The moment you share a resource it becomes available to everyone. This
was very conviniently done under win 98 but in Win XP pro there is no way of
assigning individual passwords to resources even with Simple File Sharing
disabled.

It isn't possible to control access based on computer names in any
version of Windows.

With simple file sharing disabled, XP Pro has a very flexible and
powerful way to control access based on user names. Ron Lowe and I
have written a web page with full details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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