Re: XP Home sends Guest as user name to XP Pro

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: 30 Jun 2004 16:17:13 -0500

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 14:39:19 -0400, "Steve Smith"
<swsmithREMOVECAPS@coastalnet.com> wrote:

>Thanks for your reply Chuck.
>
>I have done your suggestions and it still doesn't allow the XP Home computer to authenticate as the user. It only sends "Guest" as user name. I'm beginning to think this is just the way XP Home operates and it's another limitation of XP Home. Someone else said I could get around this by using this command:
>NET USE x: \\xppro\share [password|*] /USER:username
>
>The shared folder is for Quickbooks and the user needs it to be simple. I wonder if a drive could be mapped or if this command might have to be used in a log in script. Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Smith

Steve,

Then that's it. The reason why you're getting the popup (specifying Guest as
the account) is that the Guest account is not enabled on the Pro system (or
password not matching). If enabled, and your password matches the assigned
password, it should connect without the popup.

Connecting When Advanced File Sharing is Being Used
In order to connect to a Windows XP Professional shared folder when advanced
file sharing is being used, you must be:
" Using a set of credentials that Windows XP can validate (it is either a
local computer account or a domain account) and has been granted the Read,
Change, or Full Control access type either explicitly (the account name) or
though group membership, as specified in the permissions of the shared folder.
" Using a set of credentials that Windows XP cannot validate, and either
the domain Guest account or the local Guest account has been enabled and has
been granted the Read, Change, or Full Control access type either explicitly
(the Guest account name) or though group membership, as specified in the
permissions of the shared folder.

IOW, if "the local Guest account has been enabled", it acts as a fallback to
provide access to computers authenticating with the Guest account, when a
non-Guest account is preferred for authentication.

With XP Pro and Advanced File Sharing, you can authenticate using the Guest
account, or a non-Guest account, at your choice, for incoming file sharing. And
you can use Advanced File Sharing, and authenticate by non-Guest accounts with
computers running AFS also, or authenticate by the Guest account with computers
using SFS, for outgoing file sharing.

With XP Home, that uses only the Guest account for incoming sharing, you're
stuck with using the Guest account for outgoing sharing also. That actually
makes sense. In a retarded way.

I'll look forward to hearing what happens when you override the Guest account
authentication (from XP Home) with the "Net Use ..." command. Please do let us
know.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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