Re: Connecting a Win2K Machine to a network with Win98 and WinXP
- From: "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:41:59 -0500
The reason it needs to be done is because in a peer-to-peer network all
share access is controlled from the PC hosting the share. Just setting a
share up for "Everyone" isn't good enough since "Everyone" in this case
means "Everyone who has an account on this PC".
If your computer has an account named Adam and mine has an account named
Richard, setting share rights to "Everyone" means that I can only use shares
on your computer if I log on with the name "Adam" - your computer has no
idea who "Richard" is and won't grant access. But if you create an account
named "Richard" with the same password I use, and I create an account named
"Adam" with the same password you use, then "Everyone" will mean "Both Adam
and Richard may access this share".
The dollar sign means that the share is an "Administrative" share - these
shares cannot be browsed even by an authorized account and are generally
used either to hide shares from plain view or, for an entire drive, shares
the drive so that anyone with Administrator rights can see it.
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<AdamDTate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Richard,
>
> Thank you for your response, but I am not quite sure why that would
> need to be done?
>
> All I should have to do is enable sharing of the drive. Why would I
> need to and where would I add user accounts to the new computer. It is
> a peer to peer network. Computer A, B and C if granted sharing
> privilages should be able to communicate with each other?
>
> My question was directed more towards why there are the "$" signs on
> the tail end of the directories and why they can not be accssed by the
> Win98 and XP computers on the Win2k machine.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>
>
> Richard G. Harper wrote:
>> You need to add user accounts to the new computer that match the user
>> names
>> and passwords used to log onto the existing computers in the network.
>>
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>>
>>
>> <AdamDTate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1137578548.389443.162300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am having a little difficulty With a Win2K machine that was just
>> > added to a lan. The Win2K can access all machines on the network (the
>> > Win98 and WinXP machine) however the reverse is not possible (Win98 and
>> > XP can not access the C: directory on the 2K machine)? What is even
>> > more puzzling is the added (dollar sign "$" to the directories on the
>> > 2K machine when attempting to access the directory from a machine on
>> > the network). Also the Win98 machine request a password and will only
>> > attempt to connect to the "IPC$" directory?
>> >
>> > Does anyone have experience with this and is it a quick fix? Perhaps a
>> > permissions issue or a selection that has to be made on the
>> > administrative side of Win2K?
>> >
>> > Any help or recommendations would be welcome.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>
.
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