Shared Folders

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I have set up a shared folder with access over the network to "everyone" and
set that to have full control over the folder. I have disabled the "use
simple file sharing", and I was hoping to connect to that folder from another
pc on the network without having to type a username and password everytime I
try to connect to that folder. They are on the same workgroup, however I
havent figured out how to do this yet. Any help would be appreciated. Using
win xp pro on both pc's.
 
Caddyman said:
I have set up a shared folder with access over the network to
"everyone" and set that to have full control over the folder. I have
disabled the "use simple file sharing", and I was hoping to connect to
that folder from another pc on the network without having to type a
username and password everytime I try to connect to that folder. They
are on the same workgroup, however I havent figured out how to do this
yet. Any help would be appreciated. Using win xp pro on both pc's.
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You need to make identical user accounts and passwords on both PC's.
Then you won't need to enter a username/password for authentication.

Malke
 
I have done this before using simple file sharing without having the same
user names and same passwords. Is the reason I am getting a login screen
because I disabled simple file sharing. Even if I try to map the network
drive to that share using the login info of the pc with the share folder on
it, I still have to login everytime I reboot the pc.
 
Caddyman said:
I have done this before using simple file sharing without having the
same user names and same passwords. Is the reason I am getting a login
screen because I disabled simple file sharing. Even if I try to map
the network drive to that share using the login info of the pc with
the share folder on it, I still have to login everytime I reboot the
pc.
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OK, let's discuss what Simple Sharing really is and why you are having
difficulties.

Simple Sharing is the XP way of saying "Guest". In network terms,
enabling Guest means that anyone *without* a user account on the target
system can use its resources. This is a security hole but only you can
decide if it matters in your situation. If you want to do it this way,
then *enable* Simple Sharing on all machines. OTOH, if you need Pro's
ability to set fine-grained permissions, then *disable* Simple Sharing
and create identical user accounts/passwords on all machines.

When a computer in a peer-to-peer network (Microsoft's "Workgroup") with
Guest disabled gets a request from another computer, it authenticates
the request by checking if it knows the user from whom the request is
coming, if the password matches, and what that user is allowed to do.
If Guest is enabled it doesn't do that and all requests are permitted
with elevated permissions (which is why it is a vulnerability).

So why are you having trouble? My guess is that if you have disabled
Guest you don't have identical user accounts and passwords - passwords
are case-sensitive - and you should doublecheck this. Also check the
permissions on the shares; perhaps you do have the correct user account
and password but you have permissions set incorrectly.

If you are still having difficulty with this, perhaps having a local
professional come on-site might be your best course of action.

Malke
 
Caddyman said:
I have set up a shared folder with access over the network to "everyone" and
set that to have full control over the folder. I have disabled the "use
simple file sharing", and I was hoping to connect to that folder from another
pc on the network without having to type a username and password everytime I
try to connect to that folder. They are on the same workgroup, however I
havent figured out how to do this yet. Any help would be appreciated. Using
win xp pro on both pc's.
Click to expand...


On the WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be
able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall is
disabled on the internal LAN connection.

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm



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