B
Boris
I rarely move/copy files across networks, so I'm not that familiar with
file sharing 'rules'. Long ago, I used to use NetBEUI and a hub <g>.
Yesterday I needed to move about 10GB of files from one machine A (XP
Pro) to machine B (XP). I have a wireless router with SSID "codenine".
Machine A connects to codenine wirelessly, and macnine B is hardwired to
the router. Once I changed the workgroup setting on both machines to
"codenine", we could see each other. Then I set up sharing.
I thought that if on machine A, I set C:\ to share, I'd be able to see
all of the folders on machine A, from machine B. I mean ALL the folders
(and files on partition C, not just the folders/files one level down.
But that wasn't the case.
I could see certain folders, but not all. What I wanted to see was all
of the folders in Documents and Settings\My Documents, such as My Music,
My Pictures, etc, but I couldn't by just sharing C:\. I had to set
sharing on My Documents and Settings.
Microsoft tells me:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040
"Through the Simple File Sharing UI, you can configure both share and
NTFS file system permissions at the folder level. These permissions apply
to the folder, all the files in that folder, subfolders, and all the
files in the subfolders."
This seems to be inconsistent with what I experienced.
What am I doing wrong or misunderstanding?
Thanks.
file sharing 'rules'. Long ago, I used to use NetBEUI and a hub <g>.
Yesterday I needed to move about 10GB of files from one machine A (XP
Pro) to machine B (XP). I have a wireless router with SSID "codenine".
Machine A connects to codenine wirelessly, and macnine B is hardwired to
the router. Once I changed the workgroup setting on both machines to
"codenine", we could see each other. Then I set up sharing.
I thought that if on machine A, I set C:\ to share, I'd be able to see
all of the folders on machine A, from machine B. I mean ALL the folders
(and files on partition C, not just the folders/files one level down.
But that wasn't the case.
I could see certain folders, but not all. What I wanted to see was all
of the folders in Documents and Settings\My Documents, such as My Music,
My Pictures, etc, but I couldn't by just sharing C:\. I had to set
sharing on My Documents and Settings.
Microsoft tells me:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040
"Through the Simple File Sharing UI, you can configure both share and
NTFS file system permissions at the folder level. These permissions apply
to the folder, all the files in that folder, subfolders, and all the
files in the subfolders."
This seems to be inconsistent with what I experienced.
What am I doing wrong or misunderstanding?
Thanks.