Re: Allowing guests to connect while still having secure shares?

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That defeats the purpose of guests. I would have to still give out the
account information to anyone who wanted to connect. What I'm asking is if
there's a way to allow users to access some shares without requiring a login,
just like if simple file sharing were on.

"Malke" wrote:

> Michael Daniels wrote:
>
> > Professional, and I have experience mucking around in the admin tools
> > and file permissions. I just couldn't find the right combination to
> > make it work.
> > :)
> >
> > "Malke" wrote:
> >
> >> Michael Daniels wrote:
> >>
> >> > Here's my situation. I would like to allow Guest (or other guest
> >> > accounts) to access certain shares, while still having other shares
> >> > allow access to only certain accounts. After doing a few tests, I
> >> > can't figure out a way to do this. If an account is a guest, it can
> >> > see everything available to guests, but when it tries to access
> >> > anything protected, it's simply denied access. Is there a way to
> >> > (for example -- not sure if this is exactly possible) only show
> >> > that login dialog once a user tries to access something not
> >> > available to guests? Or, at least, is there a way to get similar
> >> > functionality?
> >>
> >> XP Home or Pro?
> >>
>
> Turn off Simple Sharing and disable the Guest account. Create a new user
> group and call it something like "visitors" (not "guest"). Add a user
> account called "friends" (or whatever you like for the temporary users)
> and make it a member of the "visitors" group. Set permissions on the
> group with Group Policy Editor. Have your guests log into that account.
> Make the shares/permissions as desired, only allowing members of the
> "visitors" group to have access where you want.
>
> Malke
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