Re: Peculiar permissions problem

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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:37:03 +0000, Nightowl <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

Hello all

I'm very much a beginner at networking, trying to help a friend. He has
5 computers running XP SP2 in a workgroup, with simple file sharing
disabled. Machines 1 and 2 are the main ones used and these both have
shared folders. All the machines have the same user account, "Joe".

Everything worked well except that computer 1 could see but not access
the shared folders on computer 2 -- "Access denied; you may not have
permission" messages, according to my friend. It has been like this for
a couple of years.

I suggested, just as an experiment, giving Joe full control of the share
on machine 2 and suddenly machine 1 could access it! But why was it
necessary for computer 1, when all the others were accessing 2 happily
through the same Joe account? Any ideas?

He'd rather not leave it set like that and I'd love to understand the
underlying cause. Is it possible that some permission setting in the
local Joe account on computer 1 is affecting it? I thought only the Joe
account on the host (machine 2) mattered, but I am only a beginner. . .
Any comments very welcome.

You disabled Simple File Sharing on all computers, which says that all computers
are running XP Pro? Right? Did you disable the Guest account, properly, on all
computers?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#NonGuest

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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
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