Re: Network setup problems


"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4lmv51p0609m8okf07kglulcr77regegnb@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:44:19 -0400, "MDriggers"
> <mdriggers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Malke" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:ONu0LCcQFHA.2932@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> MDriggers wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any reason I'm being ignored?
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are not being ignored. These are public newsgroups, not Microsoft
>>> tech support. We are all volunteers with Real Lives, most of which
>>> include Jobs. So if you didn't get an answer to your quite complex
>>> question immediately and you need one, call MS tech support. Since you
>>> have an MS server operating system, tech support came with the package.
>>> Depending on what you bought, you may be entitled to two free calls. In
>>> addition, even though this is a church, it is a business and tech
>>> support is a cost of doing business. I have paid the $245 usd or so for
>>> server tech support and it was excellent and well worth it.
>>>
>>> That said, Windows server operating systems are like Linux in that they
>>> do not use password protection for folders/files. Permissions are set
>>> for users and user groups. Create the user accounts you need on the
>>> server and appropriate groups and doing what you need to is quite as
>>> simple on Windows as doing it on Linux. If you have further questions
>>> about setting up user accounts, groups and permissions, you should post
>>> them to one of the MS server newsgroups like:
>>>
>>> microsoft.public.windows.server.general
>>>
>>> Malke
>>> --
>>> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>>> In Memoriam - MVP Alex Nichol
>>> The world is diminished without him.
>>
>>I'm not sure what I did to create a flaming response. I just noticed
>>other
>>posts getting rapid responses while I was getting none. I'm familiar with
>>the way the public newsgroups work and the fact that MVPs are real people
>>whose paying jobs are not giving newsgroup advice. I am a grateful
>>beneficiary of the wonderful advice I have gotten in the past on numerous
>>MS
>>newsgroups ... mostly from MVPs. I did not intend to offend, but
>>apparently
>>I did. My apologies.
>>
>>Perhaps my original post did not make it clear. Our new dedicated file
>>server is running XP Pro, not Windows Server, therefore we do not have the
>>tech support that you mentioned. It is a simple peer-to-peer like setup
>>with a little better security desired, which I think XP Pro will deliver
>>fine. Any help you might be able to give would be much appreciated.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Morris Driggers, Minister of Music
>>First Baptist Church, Clinton, SC
>
> Morris,
>
> Please don't take Malke's response personally. She's a volunteer here
> like the
> rest of us. Please don't call that flaming either. Real flaming would
> have
> been much more severe. This newsgroup is somewhat more professionally
> operated
> than many, though flames do occur occasionally, but that wasn't a flame.
>
> Now to your problem. Please forgive me as I ask obvious questions - I
> could
> infer the answers from your post, but maybe my inferences would be wrong.
>
> You are using a Windows XP Pro system as a server? How many users, total?
> Is
> it using Advanced, or Simple, File Sharing?
>
> If Advanced FS, are shares 1 and 2 setup for access by Everybody? And
> User
> shares 1 - 6 setup for access by each individual user? Can any one person
> access Shares 1, 2, and the appropriate user share simultaneously? Can
> any one
> person access just the appropriate user share at all?
>
> What you're doing is perfectly doable, as long as you haven't exceeded the
> simultaneous connection limit. So the question is - what are you doing
> that we
> can't see? Asking questions is not the best way to diagnose problems -
> most
> folks like me would prefer to be in front of the computer, and diagnose on
> direct observation. So be patient with us, and we'll try to help you out
> here.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.

Chuck,

Thanks for your patience and the words of instruction on proper newsgroup
etiquette. Your advice is well-taken and appreciated. My apologies to
Malke for accusing a flame when it was not quite severe enough for that
label.

My _computer_ problem is complicated by the fact that the individual user
folders (share 3 according to your query above) were set up not by me, but
by our technical advisor (a church member who works in IT with a state home
for developmentally disabled and advises us on our network setup), so I'm
not completely in the know on how he set those up. His time is very
difficult to come by (I contacted him about the problem on Tuesday) so
meanwhile, I decided to see what kind of help I could get on the newsgroup.

Your understanding is correct.
File server OS: XP Pro
File Sharing Advanced or Simple?: Assume advanced, but don't know for sure.
Users: currently 6 or 7. Don't anticipate heavier user load for quite some
time.
Shares 1 and 2 will be for access by everyone (is PW protection available
via login?)
Share 3 (which was already set up) will be for each individual user.

Does this help?

Morris


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