Re: Share a folder with 'everyone'

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:11:51 GMT, "Dan" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:p90ri1143j85d1ir4p8g8piuck6d761hnc@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:48:58 GMT, "Dan" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:
>>
>>>How can I share a folder with anyone, including anonymous users (dont want
>>>to duplicate accounts), on XP professional with simple file security off?
>>>
>>>Dan
>>
>> Dan,
>>
>> Guest authentication provides the closest equivalent to anonymous
>> authentication
>> available in Windows XP.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
>>
>> Note the limitations of Guest, though. Guest will not give administrative
>> access.

>I want it so that I would be able to access C$ for example, because I have
>an account on both computers, but if a friend added his computer to the
>network he could only see certain public shares, like Videos. Is that
>possible, to use an account if its the same, but default to guest if not?
>
>Dan

Dan,

You can give access to Guest ("Everyone") only for specific folders, and access
to other non-Guest accounts for other folders. You'll have to make another
share though for Guest access; the C$ share requires administrative access, and
Guest is a limited account.

First, read the article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>

Note that network access, by any account, requires 2 Access Control List
entries:
# Sharing (only needed for network access).
# NTFS aka Security (needed for both local and network access).

So add a new share, to the Videos folder, with access granted to Everyone (ie
Guest). You can use the C$ share for your personal access, by the matching
administrative account.

Now, what do you want your friend to do? Only view your videos, or add to your
collection? If the former, give Everyone Read-Only access to the Videos share.
If the latter, give Everyone Read-Write access. Then add accordingly to the
NTFS (Security tab) Access Control List.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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