Sharing problem

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Dear all,

I'm trying to share a file, giving the read-only access
for everyone, and read-write rights to several guys. All
these computers are in the same workgroup (not domain).

1. After I 've shared this file on a XP Professional
installed machine, most of the users can access the file
with read-only right. But when some users tried to access
it, the XP prompted for the login ID and password. Is
there any way to make sure that everyone can access the
file without getting the prompt?

2. As mentioned, I gave some guys read-write rights. I do
in this way: I create a local account and give him the
full control rights to this files, then create a network
drive mappings for them. Is it possible that I don't have
to create any local login for these users, and giving
these users remote read-write rights to them?

Thank you.

Regards,

Jones
 
On Q1 :
If you want two different sets of remote users to have
different permissions, then they must identify themselves
so that the difference can be taken into account. If in a
domain this can happen without prompting. But it is not
so when not in a domain since the sharing-out machine
can only know accounts defined on itself.
On Q 2 :
If UserA is to be able to read then the NTFS permissions
on what is shared must show this.
If UserB is to be able to read and write then the NTFS
permissions must show this and the share permissions
must grant UserB Change.
You did not have to modify the share permissions for
UserA as the defaults are sufficient for them to read.
 
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