Two different Win 2k forests with a file server shared between the two

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FIXDAT

I have the following Scenario:

I have two different active directory Windows 2000 forests-completely
seperate organizations-which set on the same network/on different
subnets.

I want to be able to share files between users (250 of them) of the
two different forests without creating any type of trust, but I must
also be able to know through auditing which files were modified by
whom.

I am thinking of setting up a fileserver, but how would it work
between two different active directory domains?

I was wondering if there was a product that will do this either by
merging the two directories information together into a 3rd directory
for a new forest or if there is a simple solution for this.

Any ideas would be appreciated.


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If you don't want to set up a trust relationship between ForestA and
ForestB, you will need to create separate logons and passwords for any users
from the untrusted forest.

To wit:

Place the file share somewhere appropriate in ForestA.
Create a security group that has acess to the share.
Add the appropriate users from ForestA to the security group. They will be
able to browse to this resource using their usual methods.
Create logons in ForestA for the appropriate users in ForestB. They will
need to provide (and therefore remember) this separate set of credentials
when attempting to access the shared resource.

Another possibility is that you could create a third forest (call it
ForestC) and establish explicit trust relationships between A-->C and B-->C.
 
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