Re: File sharing question

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:23:12 -0700

Mary wrote:

> Still no joy. I created a new limited account but it still has full
> access to my hard drive including documents in other user profiles.
>
> How can I stop this???
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>>The guest account, by default, has access to everything. That's why
>>it should ALWAYS be disabled.
>>
>>If you want an account guests can use, create a new user account with
>>lmited privileges and let your guests use it instead. Immediately
>>disable the built-in guest account and forget it exists.
>
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>>>>In you Control Panel, double-click on the 'User Accounts' icon.
>>>>Click on
>>>>the 'Advanced' tab and then the 'Advanced' button. The 'Local Users
>>>>and
>>>>Groups' window will open. In the right pane, double-click on the
>>>>'Users' folder and then right-click on the 'Guest' account and
>>>>select 'Properties'. Make sure the 'Account is disabled' box is
>>>>checked.
>>>There is no advanced tab in the User Accounts.
>>>
>>>Can you clarify?
>>>
>>>I don't want to disable the Guest Account - just stop its access to
>>>other accounts.

I'm just popping in here, so forgive me if this has been covered. Rather
than the approach you are using, create a new Group for the items you
want to share. Set the permissions so that only users in the new Group
can read/write whatever folders you specify. Add only the authorized
users to that new Group, remembering of course to add yourself.

Malke 

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