Re: workgroup permissions

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:28:57 -0600

In article <1689c01c44850$0fb796d0$a601280a@phx.gbl>, "AMD"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Installed a wireless router on a workgroup only network.
>Everything works well with simple sharing 'on', however
>with wireless access which we want others to access the
>internet but not the workgroup,
>Two WS's with XPpro. one has ntfs and one has fat32. Both
>ws's have same user names and passwords, ie. bob/go and
>sally/bye... set shares to 'not simple' sharing so both
>have permissions that can be set on drive and folders.
>Set permissions to access with full control,on Drv-C to
>bob and sally on the ntfs drv, but still cannot access
>Drv-c from the fat32 system. Also I took off 'Everyone'
>off access permissions on both systems. Able to
>access 'My documents' and 'shared folder' but not Drv-c.
>Also set permissions in the property/security tab to bob
>and sally also... It seems like it should work.. Any
>suggestions as to what I am missing or overlooking?
>Thanks, AMD mcse ccna

Permissions can only be set on NTFS drives, not on FAT32 drives.

See this web site for full details of setting NTFS permissions:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm 

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