Re: Permissions

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:41:41 -0700

In article <11590CB0-77D8-4EE9-A528-B8E525876696@microsoft.com>,
"GCL13" <GCL13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I just wanted to know how I can select which users are allowed to see
>certain files on a LAN network.
>
>Thank you very much

On a computer running Windows XP Professional, you can disable "simple
file sharing" and define access control lists that specify user names
and their allowed mode of access for each shared disk or folder. Ron
Lowe and I have written a web page with details:

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

Windows XP Home Edition wasn't designed for that type of access
control. Here are some ways, awkward and inconvenient as they are, to
control access to shared files on XP Home:

1. Create a hidden share and only tell selected people about it. I've
written a web page with details:

   Windows XP Simple File Sharing
   http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

2. Assign a password to the "Guest" account. When other people try
to access any shared disks or folders on your computer, they'll be
prompted to enter the password:

   a. Click Start | Run.
   b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
   c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
   d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.

3. Create a compressed folder and define a password for it. Everyone
who accesses the folder, from the local computer or from the network,
must specify the password to access the files in the compressed
folder. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has details:

   HOW TO: Use Compressed (Zipped) Folders in Windows XP
   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306531 

-- 
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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