Have to set share prop to see on netwk

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I have a 10bT network (Wintel DSL modem, Linksys 4 port
router) with a 98 and a 2000 machine. I login to the Win98
machine with a login that matches one setup as a user on
the 2000 machine. I can access the 2000 machine, but I
found that I must set the folders property to "shared."
Then I can access only the shared folders from the 98
machine.

I don't see why I need to share the folders on the 2000
machine. Isn't that the responsibility of the user
profile? It would seem to me that as long as the account
was valid, it wouldn't matter if you logged locally on the
console or accessed through the network. The permissions
control which directories can be accessed. If so, why do I
have to setup the share property?

I can see the need to set the folders to "shared" on the
98 machine as it does not support the concept of
administered groups and users.

Note, there is a delay when accessing the 98 folders from
2000, but that is covered in Knowledge Base Article 245800.

Regards,

Jim
 
Shared folders on a 2k pc is how you control access to the
recorces you want to be used on the network. Even in the
broader large networks the share it the main tool used to
prevent or restrict access to a folder. If you want to be
able to get it all share the drive. But that is not
advisable as the pc will be much more accessable to those
with less than high morals.
 
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