Re: Permissions for folders shared accross the network

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From: Ken Wickes [MSFT] (kenwic_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:40:21 -0800

"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
news:q8cc50pu2f1r2aihrngmh0pj5kfe04otic@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:46:08 -0800, BigTreePU <*email_address_deleted*>
wrote:
>
> >I am running Windows XP pro on about 7 computers, and I want to set
folder permissions on these computers accross the LAN. I would like to set
individual folders for each user. When I try to select permissions on the
Share tab after right clicking the folder, and selecting properties, I'm
able to add the user, but only locally. I was wondering how I could make it
so that the user could log in from any computer, and view the proper
directories based on their permission. Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >Thanks~Matt
> >p.s. if you could email me, it would be greatly appreciated
>
> Matt,
>
> Asked here, answered here. For everybody's benefit.
>
> You're seeing one of the disadvantages of workgroup authentication. If
you want
> to setup access to Computer A from Computer B, you have to add an account
/
> password identical on each computer. If you want to maintain multiple
users on
> multiple computers, you have to add an account / password, identical on
each
> computer, for each user. And god forbid a user ever wants to change his /
her
> password.
>
> You need to consider setting up a domain. Which will, unfortunately,
require a
> Win2K Server OS - you can't do domain server with XP Pro.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Technically you don't have to have matching accounts, it's just a shortcut.

net use \\server\share /user:server\username password 

-- 
Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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