Re: File Sharing in a Peer to Peer Network

Malke and Steve: Many thanks for your replies to my question about file
sharing. Would either of you be able to give me a quick tutorial about the
difference between Workgroups and Domains, and any related considerations in
a configuration of this size (10 workstations).

Thanks. . .

Tony N.

"Steve Winograd [MS-MVP]" wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:29:01 -0700, TonyN
<TonyN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Everyone: I am trying to implement file sharing in a Windows/XP Peer to
Peer Network. I have 10 Windows/XP computers networked together -some of them
are allocated to Staff, others are Guest machines. I need the Staff machines
to be able to share files and I need those shared files to be inaccessible
(and preferably not visible) to the Guest machines.

My starting point was to disable Simple File Sharing so that I could use the
user level permissions. (Simple File Sharing does work in this configuration,
but I would like more access control at a user or machine or workgroup
level.) When I try to set permissions, the Shared Document Properties shows
me local objects only, not other machines/users on the network i.e. in
Permissions/Add/Select Users or Groups, I am not able to select anything
other than the local machine.

Can someone oint me in the right direction?

Thanks. . .

Tony N.

In a workgroup network, you can only specify permissions for a user
account that exists on the local computer. That's OK, because those
permissions apply to matching user accounts that exist on other
computers. So by defining account(s) with the same user name(s) and
password(s) on all of the staff computers, you can do what you want.
Ron Lowe and I have written a web page with details:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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