Sharing on Peer-to-Peer

[Paul Peat]

I have set up a Peer-To-Peer network in a small office. 4
Identical PCs running Win2000 another slower one running
Win2000 a laptop running WinXP. It's has an ADSL router 1
8 port switch and a 5 port switch.
What I have done is on each machine, in the Local
Security Policy settings, is allow each machine to view
each others shared files by just adding the name of each
PC instead of adding new user accounts to each machine.
Problem is, some can share one way meaning share with
others but can't go on to the other without having to log
in. What could be the problem? And how do I delete a
computer name from the 'Allowed to access from network'
list? In the event that I want to change the name of a PC.

-Paul.

 

[Roland Hall]

in message :I have set up a Peer-To-Peer network in a small office. 4
: Identical PCs running Win2000 another slower one running
: Win2000 a laptop running WinXP. It's has an ADSL router 1
: 8 port switch and a 5 port switch.
: What I have done is on each machine, in the Local
: Security Policy settings, is allow each machine to view
: each others shared files by just adding the name of each
: PC instead of adding new user accounts to each machine.
: Problem is, some can share one way meaning share with
: others but can't go on to the other without having to log
: in. What could be the problem? And how do I delete a
: computer name from the 'Allowed to access from network'
: list? In the event that I want to change the name of a PC.

Aha, you have seen why peer-peer sucks. You have to create an account on
each computer, same name and password or they have to provide credentials
when they try to access another system.

You set security rights on the shares and at the file system level. Don't
worry about the computer name.
My question is how do you plan on backing up their data in this peer-peer
environment?

--
Roland Hall
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