Re: Problem accessing a shared folder
- From: Malke <malke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:34:42 -0800
ironwoodcanyon@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I created an account on computer "A" (with the user id and password
from computer "C") and the AAA folder magically became available.
Is this the ONLY way to resolve this issue? This means that if I have
a half-dozen users that need to access computer "A" then they have to
publicize their password (to me at least) so I can create the account
on computer "A". Seems to me that the user should be able to keep his
password to himself.
If you are going to use a Workgroup, then yes you need to create the
matching user accounts/passwords on all machines. Doing this for 6 users on
only 3 machines takes only a very few minutes. You don't even need to log
into the extra accounts or spend any time setting them up if the users
won't be working directly on that machine; the accounts just need to exist
on the machine with the shared resources.
If this is an office situation and you have more than 6 or 7 machines, it's
time to look into setting up a server running a real server operating
system with Active Directory. Then all user management is done centrally on
the server.
Although certainly the person in charge of tech support should know all the
passwords for all the users. Unless this is a home situation, I don't see
why you wouldn't want to know everyone's password. Whoever is in charge of
supporting these computers needs to be able to enter anyone's account to
fix things. Naturally passwords can be changed by an administrator, but
normally the IT Dept. wouldn't want to take the extra time to do this.
If you need more help, perhaps explaining your situation would be a good
next step toward getting focused advice.
Malke
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