Re: How do I add a network user to the security permissions on a shared XP folder?

On Feb 17, 8:21 pm, "Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseAs...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Innews:d91eb810-c0d1-4d37-8b40-ed4d50e2c362@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Cron <cronok...@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:









Great that sounds promising - Thanks Ace. I'm trying it out here but I
can't figure out what way to setup the permissions. I've added a local
user account on the fileserver computer with the same name as my own
workstation. i don't use a password so I left it blank. Then I added
the NETWORK group to the permissions on the whole shared drive and
allowed them to list folder contents only. Next I allowed the NETWORK
group full access to all folders except my own (just as a test) and
gave the new user account under my name full access to my folder on
the shared drive. I thought that these actions would allow everyone
full access to all folders but only list access to mine. Am I doing
something wrong?

It's important to note that before trying all this, everyone in my
family had full working access to the shared drive from any
workstation on the network.

Thanks again for the help Ace, I really appreciate your time!
Ciarán

Blank passwords, if I remember, don't work. If you have everyone accessing
it previously, then why change it?

Here's the simple way to make it work:

Share Tab:
Share the folder
Permissions are:
Administrators: FC
Authenticated Users: Change

Security Tab:
Administrators (MachineName\Administrators): FC
Creator Owner: Special (leave default if already in there. If not, don't put
it in)
System: FC
Users (ComputerName\Users): R&E, List, R, Special - Leave as default

That's all you really need. When they connect in, they will be authenticated
by the mere fact they are logged on to their machines with identical
credentials.You really don't need the Network group. That is a special group
that anyone is a part of during network operations. Usually apps, such as a
web app or others, will use that. No need in your case. I have a mixed setup
at home. I have a domain as well as workgroups such as for my family that is
not part of the domain because it's for business only. But I access their
machines when I need to by the mere fact on each of their machines, I
created an account with my current username and password.

I think you may be making this more difficult than you need to, but then
again, I'm not sure.

Ace

Thanks again for the reply Ace. At the moment everyone has access to
everything on the shared drive. All I really want to do is prevent
other users from easily accessing/accidentally deleting or overwriting
my files. Maybe there's an easier way to do this! Anyway I'll play
around with the settings you mentioned and see if I have any success.
Cheers,
Ciarán
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