Re: Windows XP Advanced Filesharing

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:20:02 -0700, _saiko <_saiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi,

i'd like to ask for a solution for a certain annoyance i encountered.

Let's say i got 2 PC's in one workgroup where i want to share files between
them.
PC1 has 2 shares: Storage and All
"All" is accessible only to user joe and share is availlable to "Everyone".
PC1 and PC2 have the same local user (joe) who uses the same password. So
when joe wants to access a share on PC1
from PC2 because user/pass match on both machines he doesn't get the
user/pass box and can access share "Storage" right away ...

But let's say ... user steve logs on locally on PC2 and now wants to access
"Storage" on PC1 but with joe's username and password. He tries to access PC1
but surprisingly he too doesn't get
user/pass box. He sees the shares but can't access "Storage" and can access
"All". Why... well he logged in as Guest (on both
PC1 and PC2 guest account is enabled). User steve on PC2 doesn't have any
matching username on PC1 and since guest accs are enabled
he logs in as Guest and that's it ...
If Guest accounts are disabled then user steve gets that user/pass box and
can log in on PC1 with joe's username and password.
But without Guest accounts there are no shares that can be accessed by
everyone.
So the only solution that i see is that that user/pass box HAS to appear
everytime. Or at least... there must be a way to log in on the remote machine
as a different user that is logged on the local machine.
i tried \\username@machine\share in a way FTP accepts user/pass but doesn't
work... or there is some combination ?
i hope i explained the issue so that u get the right picture

perhaps u know some reasonable solution

You're asking a very interesting question.

There's not a not of granularity within a workgroup - if you use Guest for
network access on one computer, you'll probably end up using it on all
computers. Likewise the password issue - you'll have to make the password
equal, for each account on each computer.

To make this easier to understand, please go back to each computer, and describe
NETWORK access activation. Look at what accounts are setup for network access,
and what accounts are currently successfully used, on each computer, and
inventory each in your reply. Please be as consistent as possible, so we don't
have to play guessing games.
<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/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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