Re: file and printer sharing with non-domain members
- From: "Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:12:20 -0500
One of the biggest differences for networking features between Windows XP
Professional and Windows XP Home Edition is the lack of domain membership
support in Home Edition.
A Windows XP Professional computer can join a domain and function as a
domain member. Domain membership extends the benefits of distributed
security to the Windows XP desktop, enabling users to easily access domain
resources. It also lets the user share resources with other users and
authenticate those users against the domain rather than require individual
accounts on the local computer.
By contrast, computers running XP Home Edition cannot be domain members,
although they can access resources on a domain member in the same way
workgroup members running other Windows platforms can access domain
resources. They can connect to and use network file and printer shares,
provided they have a valid account in the domain.
Therefore, you need to set up user accounts on the SBS, and allow them
access to the resources (files, folders, printers, etc.). When a user tries
to access a resource, he is going to have to authenticate (prove who he is).
With XP Pro, the user is authenticated at logon, and these credentials are
all he needs. With XP home, the user may get repeatedly prompted for
credentials, but so long as he provides a username and password for an
account with access to the resource, it should be availalbe.
Windows XP Professional defaults to using Kerberos for authentication.
Kerberos offers the ability to reuse authentication credentials, providing
single-sign-on capability. Although Home Edition provides password caching
just like other Windows platforms (although it?s more secure), it doesn?t
offer the same level of single-sign-on support provided by Windows XP
Professional.
SBS uses group policy extensively for user and computer account
configuration, including important security configurations. One of the
biggest drawbacks to the lack of domain support in Home Edition is the
corresponding lack of support for group policies. You can configure local
policies on a Home Edition computer, but the computer naturally can?t obtain
group policies during domain logon because it can?t be a domain member. This
means you can?t apply change control or restrictions, perform folder
redirection, or accomplish any of the other feats of magic made possible by
group policies, and configured by default in SBS.
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Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
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"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You mean, create a Guest account on the XP Home computer?
What happens now is, if I'm on the XP Home computer and click on the server
in Windows Explorer, I get "<server name> is not accessible. You might not
have permission..."
If I try to add the server's printer, it does not show up in the list of
printers, although the server can be seen.
"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <noreply@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sure. share the files and printer, and assign permissions to everyone. You
may need to enable guest account or create the username on the local
computer (XP Home).
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Paul Pedersen" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eZcsRHyYGHA.4752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is it possible to share files and printers with networked computers that are
not and will not be in the domain? For instance, Windows XP Home machines,
or users who will not have a domain account, guests.
If so, how?
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