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drewbert@work
Every thing you do on a computer has a security context,
even when you don't think about it. Unless you have your
computer configured to automatically log you in as
Administrator or any other user, you have to log in every
time you turn your computer on. That sets the security
contect for everything you do on that computer, meaning
that every single click or action you take is scrutinized
by the operating system, which determines whether your
user account has the necessary permissions to open or
modify, or read, or execute every single file or object
you touch.
When you want to save or modify a file that resides on
another computer (over the LAN), you might have a
problem, because that user account that you used to log
into the computer you are sitting at means NOTHING to the
operating system on the OTHER comptuer, unless both
computers are joined to the domain, AND you used a domain
account to log onto that local computer (as opposed to
a 'local' account). By default, if the operating system
on that other computer doesn't know who you are, it will
DENY the action you are trying to perform.
How to get around this? Well, there is more than one way,
but if you don't have a domain, and don't want to go buy
Windows Server 2003, and install a domain, you can try
this: If you are running Windows 2000 or XP, you can
enable the guest account on computer number 1, (right
click on "my computer, click "manage", expand "Local
Users and Groups", right-click on "guest in the right-
hand pane, click "properties, uncheck "account is
disabled". Then go to the folder where these files in
question are, or will be saved to, and open the folder
properties, go to the security tab, and add the guest
account, and make sure it has appropriate permissions on
that folder. Then do the same thing on computer #2.
Once you enable the guest account, any time someone
connects to that computer from the LAN, they will have
permissions to do anything that the guest account has
permissions to access or do.
The guest account is disabled by default for a reason,
for higher security, so doing all this makes your
computers less secure. So make sure you take appropriate
security measures, such as putting a firewall between
your network and the internet, etc.
the versions on other computers periodically so they are
in effect backups. Sometimes I might do things on one
of the backups that I would then want to transfer to my
laptop. At first I was copying the DB on a CDrom and
overwriting, and this makes the 2nd one read-only.
user of the whole network, I can't copy the database to
the other computers, as I, the sole user and Admin do not
have permissions! I never set up any permissions. I
wish I had the problem of "Dix". It is just the
opposite. I can't integrate use at all.
even when you don't think about it. Unless you have your
computer configured to automatically log you in as
Administrator or any other user, you have to log in every
time you turn your computer on. That sets the security
contect for everything you do on that computer, meaning
that every single click or action you take is scrutinized
by the operating system, which determines whether your
user account has the necessary permissions to open or
modify, or read, or execute every single file or object
you touch.
When you want to save or modify a file that resides on
another computer (over the LAN), you might have a
problem, because that user account that you used to log
into the computer you are sitting at means NOTHING to the
operating system on the OTHER comptuer, unless both
computers are joined to the domain, AND you used a domain
account to log onto that local computer (as opposed to
a 'local' account). By default, if the operating system
on that other computer doesn't know who you are, it will
DENY the action you are trying to perform.
How to get around this? Well, there is more than one way,
but if you don't have a domain, and don't want to go buy
Windows Server 2003, and install a domain, you can try
this: If you are running Windows 2000 or XP, you can
enable the guest account on computer number 1, (right
click on "my computer, click "manage", expand "Local
Users and Groups", right-click on "guest in the right-
hand pane, click "properties, uncheck "account is
disabled". Then go to the folder where these files in
question are, or will be saved to, and open the folder
properties, go to the security tab, and add the guest
account, and make sure it has appropriate permissions on
that folder. Then do the same thing on computer #2.
Once you enable the guest account, any time someone
connects to that computer from the LAN, they will have
permissions to do anything that the guest account has
permissions to access or do.
The guest account is disabled by default for a reason,
for higher security, so doing all this makes your
computers less secure. So make sure you take appropriate
security measures, such as putting a firewall between
your network and the internet, etc.
my laptop and I would like to be able to totally replace
the versions on other computers periodically so they are
in effect backups. Sometimes I might do things on one
of the backups that I would then want to transfer to my
laptop. At first I was copying the DB on a CDrom and
overwriting, and this makes the 2nd one read-only.
more efficiently this way. However, though I am the sole
user of the whole network, I can't copy the database to
the other computers, as I, the sole user and Admin do not
have permissions! I never set up any permissions. I
wish I had the problem of "Dix". It is just the
opposite. I can't integrate use at all.