Re: Can't access folder in user account over network

On Fri, 06 May 2005 19:40:49 GMT, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Chuck wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:04:17 GMT, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Chuck wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:33:23 GMT, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I can see the kids PC on the network from my own PC, and can see the two
>>>>>folders which I have enabled for sharing. I have RW access over the
>>>>>network to "My Documents" in the admin account, and to the "Shared
>>>>>Documents" folder; however when I try to open "My Documents" in the
>>>>>limited account I get:
>>>>>
>>>>>"\\KIDS_PC\My Documents is not accessible. You might not have
>>>>>permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of
>>>>>this server to find out if you have permissions. Access is denied"
>>>>>
>>>>>Finally, I've tried changing the kid's limited account into a full
>>>>>administrator account. Guess what - makes no difference! I have checked
>>>>>all the Properties/Sharing tabs for both user accounts and they are
>>>>>identical AFAICS. Just that one can be accessed, the other can't!
>>>
>>>
>>>>Make sure that the Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest,
>>>>with Start - Run - "cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command
>>>>window. Ensure that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run -
>>>>"control userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without
>>>>entering a new password.
>>>
>>>Thanks - have tried this to no avail (but all was set OK anyway)
>
>>>
>>>>Remember, with Simple File Sharing, you'll not be able to access "C:\Program
>>>>Files", "C:\Windows", or any of the profile related folders such as "My
>>>>Documents". All of those folders require individual user, or administrator
>>>>access, and Guest access gives you neither.
>>>
>>>But I'm trying to connect *from* a PC where I do have admin access, so
>>>surely that should work? Certainly I can connect fine to our 3rd PC in
>>>this way. And also, as I mentioned I temporarily set the "Kids" user
>>>account to "Administrator", but that makes no difference either!
>
>> With XP Home and Simple File Sharing, network access is authenticated (granted)
>> to the Guest account only. Regardless of the access you have on the client,
>> server access will be as Guest and no more. And Guest has to be active, and
>> have matching (or no) password on both client and server.
>>
>> More about file sharing, in the definitive Microsoft document:
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
>
>I'm still struggling with this big time.
>I've enabled the Guest account on both PCs (although I never used to
>have them active).
>
>I can access \\KIDS_PC\My Documents fine for the account "Admin", but
>not in the account "Kids" (that one gives me the Access Denied error).
>
>Since I changed the account type, the "Kids" account is a Computer
>Administrator as well as the "Admin" one. There is no difference between
>them! Yet I can access the My Documents folder in "Admin" over the
>network, but not "Kids".
>
>I've just tried setting the server root directory as a share.
>So now I can access:
>
>C:\
>C:\Documents and Settings\
>C:\Documents and Settings\Admin
>C:\Documents and Settings\Admins Documents
>C:\Documents and Settings\Guest
>C:\Documents and Settings\Guest's Documents
>BUT NOT:
>C:\Documents and Settings\Kids
>
>H E L P ..............!!
>
>David

David,

With XP Home, you can temporarily disable Simple File Sharing by starting up in
"Safe Mode with Networking".

A Description of the Safe Mode Boot Options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315222

With Simple File Sharing disabled, right click the desired folder, click Sharing
and Security, and share the folder. Then, click the Permissions button to
specify network access permissions, and click the Security tab to specify NTFS
file system permissions. A network user needs both permissions in order to
access the share.

For details how to set permissions:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm

Compare permissions in the Admin and Kids folders.

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