Re: HelpNeeded with FTP logons

From: Paul Lynch (paul.lynch_at_nospam.com)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 09:21:09 +0100

On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:04:47 -0400, "modelingfrog"
<modelingfrog@notspamedever.com> wrote:

>yeah it worked from >promt i was able to Dir and the whole time I was
>always in the apropriate folder assigned to the test user i created. but
>like I said on the other post I do not have access to security tab (the
>rightclicking tab in win2000) so to go on from here and allow modify i have
>no idea what to do. all of the available support seems to be directed to
>win2000 and never or always indirectly xp.
>signed;
>modelingfrog

Dear Modelingfrog,

It sounds like you have got Simple File Sharing enabled in Windows XP
(which is something of a nuisance as it confuses a lot of people) so
take a peep at this KB article :

How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared
folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307874

Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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