Re: PLEASE!!! HELP!!! ASAP!!! Mapping drives

From: John Q. Public (johnqpublic_at_nullandvoid.local)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 14:12:57 -0700

If it's in workgroup mode, then you might need to either (1) set up user
accounts on the server that match, including the password, those on the
workstations, or (2) enable the Guest account on the server, or (3) supply
credentials in the 'NET USE' command.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10a3f01c44035$332873f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> It is Windows 2003 setup as a server in a workgroup. I
> have given full control to everyone on the share side and
> NTFS side. But I will want to restrict the users on some
> of the shares that I will be creating.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> ><snip>
> >First, the line should read (unless you just mistyped in
> the post ;):
> >NET use I: \\server\share
> >
> >From your post I can't understand whether you have a
> domain or not. If
> >your question relates to mapping drives on non-domain
> controller member
> >servers, then yes, you can do this. If you have a
> workgroup you still
> >can but there are issues related to authentication. In
> both cases share
> >and NTFS permissions play a part. Can the user map a
> drive by manually
> >issuing the 'net use' command?
> >
> >HTH
> >--
> >Cheers,
> > Marin Marinov
> > MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
> > MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
> >-
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no
> >rights.
> >.
> >

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