Re: Creating secure shared folder.


Malke,

Thanks for your replies. I have gone through the guide step by step and am able to share the folder and access the contents. The problem is that when I remove the Everyone group I can no longer acces the folder. Does this need to be left in. I do not want any other persons viewing this folder as it will contain sensitive information.
I do have a user account on the vista machine and have set a new group with me as the only member, but as I said when I remove the Everyone group I can no longer access even though my user account as well as the new group have permission to access.

"John N" <JohnN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:45533E32-3B28-459A-B2F3-BF75CB5FF9A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What is see left out here is the possibility of a Vista glitch. I have the
same problem with the same 'access denied' error but not with batch files or
even mapped drive. I can simply get to my shared folder from some computers
and not others. If I an asked for a username and password, then it works.
But if I can type in the IP address, say \\192.168.1.108, it opens with the
shared folders but not allowing me to open them.

"Malke" wrote:

steverashi wrote:

>
> "'\\server\file' (file://\\server\file) is not accessible. You might > not
> have permission....... Access Denied"
>
> This is the error message when trying to access the folder. I have
> created a User name on the Vista machine the same as mine on the XP
> machine. I can see the folder but cannot access.
>
>

Sorry, you keep giving me little bits of information but not the whole
picture. You definitely have something set wrong, either the passwords
don't match - or you didn't create passwords - and/or your firewall is
wrong. I really can't spend time guessing and waiting for you to supply the
next piece of the puzzle. Read through my general networking
troubleshooting steps below. Be systematic in your troubleshooting and you
will find your mistake and be able to correct it.

If this is too much, you still can't find the error, etc. then there is no
shame in hiring a local professional to come set you up. This will only
take a few minutes per machine. I don't recommend using a BigComputerStore
type of place.

****
Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be
applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look
daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below
systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your
sharing.

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
and folders:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see
caveat in Item A below).

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful
firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having
identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying
to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.

A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)
traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer
Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on
XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this
will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm
Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're
fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance
with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you
would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. DO
NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.

B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This
is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.

C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
See the first link above for details about Vista sharing.
*****

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ


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