Re: Simple password Protect

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Steve,

I don't see how you could have reached that conclusion from what Michael
said. There is nor reason to have the username or password on the
workstation.

The username and password for Bob gives access to the folder Bob's
Stuff. No matter what user is logged on to the workstation, running under
the Bob username and password using "connect as" will give you access to
that folder. You could do the same thing from the command line by running a
"net use" command specifying the username and password. All you need to
access the folder on the standalone server is to give it credentials which
are valid on that server.

Steve Haynes wrote:
> Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The
> Share "Bob's Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a local
> user "Bob" on all 25 workstations, then when the user is on any
> station, he can browse the network neighborhood, click on "Bob's
> Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the server ask for the
> credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current user, then
> back on as "Bob"??
>
> "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" wrote:
>
>> Create a local user account and give it privileges then
>> have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
>> specifying the local account..
>>
>> "Steve Haynes" <SteveHaynes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:
>>> I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a
>>> "stand-alone" Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create
>>> the share with appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to
>>> access the folder from
>>> any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
>>> regardless
>>> of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating
>>> that Win2k Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas
>>> on how to make this work.
>>> Thanks in advance for any help !


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