Re: SBS 2003 server sharing a folder to a non authenticated user or device (can it be done?)
- From: "David Barnes" <david at bitsolve dot c o m a@xxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:02:30 -0000
Roveer,
I don't think this is possible/practical for a few reasons.
1/ you would (probably) have to disable server session signing & encryption globally
2/ SBS on a 'modern' box means dual-core? say 2GHZ.. Despite what one would think, the machine will be fairly busy and exchange and SQL between them will conspire to hog any available resources. Now I'm not saying it won't work, or that there will be issues or that the machine will be under resourced..
BUT.. streaming video files really will be pushing the boat a bit.. it all will depend on the sustainable IO rate and this boils down to hardware performance and careful configuration. Plus exchange and SQL do consume quite a bit of non-paged pool and this has the effect of making the server cough occasionally, you only see this at high IO times. I see it if the backup happens to overlap the defrag.
Plus interupts are being serviced at a slower rate on a 2GHZ system.. I've seen many a 3GHZ scsi-bassed system outstrip a dual-core 2GHZ system, despite the dual core system (supposedly) having 4GHZ of total horse-power. hmm..
If we can get this to work, I would think to 'suck-it-and-see' if the video plays ok or 'hops'...
Where to start..
unauthenticated access is 'guest' access.
in theory, enabling the guest account and granting it access to a share and then setting the appropriate NTFS permissions 'should' work.
What you MUST be aware of the the whapping security hole the guest account will drive into your network.
Have any of the MVP's here got any notes, guides or supplementary advice (save for the expected "don't do it!") on the implications and effects of enabling the guest account.???
I know for one that the default share permission of Everyone:Read will be an issue.
NTFS (by default) uses the token 'Authenticated Users'... does the guest account hold this token? if it does you may need to run the base-line Security Configuration and Analysis tool and reset (substitute) all the NTFS (Authenticated Users) permissions with something like 'Domain Users'.
Plus there may be the knock-on effect of some clients mistakenly authenticating as the guest account, rather than the user and getting locked out of some shares/files..
Someone must have done an impact analysis for enabling the guest account on a default SBS install..
David Barnes
"Roveer" <roveer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ca303070-5a9c-4e7c-9bbd-f080e59f4cf9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Will be bringing a SBS box into our small office environment. We used
to just use an XP box with some security to share a folder to hold all
of our corporate data. Will do the same in SBS using AD
authentication and will use Exchange (the main reason for using SBS)
BUT since I have this big honking server here and will want to store
audio/video that will be consumed by hardware players is it possible
to share a folder without AD authentication? Similar to XP? If not,
then can a AD Authenticated XP box have a mapped drive to the server
and then share it? One way or another I have to find a way to share
without AD Authentication a folder for music/video.
Thanks,
Roveer
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