Re: password for file access

In article <E3056F00-9D5F-43F2-98C4-F6A5BD659C3C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >Can I, and "howto" create a password for access to a single file or folder
>> >shared on LAN.
>> >Under WinXP Pro and workgroup.
>> >Thank You.
>> >Frank
>>
>> I'm sorry, but Windows XP doesn't have passwords for shared disks and
>> folders the way that Windows 95, 98, and Me do.
>>
>> In Windows XP Professional, you can disable "simple file sharing" and
>> define access control lists that specify user names and their allowed
>> mode of access. Ron Lowe and I have written a web page with details
>> of this very powerful and flexible feature:
>>
>> Windows XP Professional File Sharing
>> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
>
>Thanks for all replies.
>I have seen this website before, (there are other problems with this link
>in this newsgroup regarding "sharing and password") - and read it. It is very
>good and helpfull site (and "nitecruzr" too - a link from other reply). We
>have 15 comp. on LAN ( 1x WIN XP PRO - my PC, and 14x WIN9*,ME) and I want to
>have access to one shared folder of my PC from LAN. And I don't want to
>create 14 user accounts. Still I need to have access to this folder only for
>me, but from all station. I put on "guest" account a password, but the
>access to my PC from LAN was denied. (maybe I need to log on the station as a
>user "guest" with password. That means restart Win 98 PC station and log on
>as different user. So far, I didn't try all oportunities to manage it. I
>want this access to be as easy as possible. Some suggestions? Thank You.

You only need one user account: the one that you use to log onto the
XP Pro computer.

Log onto each of the WIN9* and ME computers using the same user name
and password as your XP Pro account.
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