Re: sharing

From: Gordon (gordonbp1_at_yahoo.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:27:47 +0000

kristopher wrote:
> I want to share my files with only two guy on my network. When I add them to
> my permission list they not only have acess to my shared files over the
> network but can come and login my computer and do whatever they want. Is
> there a way to make accounts which are only good over the network and not at
> the workstation it self?
> running Windows xp pro sp2
>
> thanks,
> kristopher

Presumably you have a peer-to-peer network and not a Domain? If so, no
you can't, as all security information is held locally on each machine,
and so the account you are sharing with actually resides on your machine
as well. 

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