Sharing a directory

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I want to share a users My Documents directory with 2 other users. I have set
the directory to shared and in security I have added the 2 users with full
rights, but although they can see the directory they are denied access.

I tried looking at Windows help, but it says use the wizard. The wizard says
it can’t help because the computer is on a domain.

How can I give these users access?
 
Keith said:
I want to share a users My Documents directory with 2 other users. I
have set the directory to shared and in security I have added the 2
users with full rights, but although they can see the directory they
are denied access.

I tried looking at Windows help, but it says use the wizard. The
wizard says it can't help because the computer is on a domain.

How can I give these users access?
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Some comments:

1) If you're on a network, particularly a domain, your users' My Documents
data shouldn't be on the local workstations - you should be using Folder
Redirection to point it at your file server. I'd also suggest redirecting
Desktop and Application data. This is all a cinch to do via group policy.
Your workstations shouldn't really have any data on them at all. I also
happen to like roaming profiles, so I can get more stuff saved up on the
server, but you do have to use folder redirection & be very careful that the
profiles stay *tiny*.

2) My Documents, or a home directory, is meant for that user (and admins)
only. It isn't a good place for people to put stuff they want others to
access. This is why it's common to set up different shared folders for
different purposes - I usually set up SHARED (S:), MANAGEMENT (M:),
ACCOUNTING (Q:), etc - but it's for you to determine what your company
needs. These should not be subfolders within other shares, but rather,
folders at the same level in your directory structure on the server, and
each shared & secured via NTFS (ideally via security groups, rather than
individual user accounts).

3) Don't share anything on workstations. I always recommend networkable
printers, so not even those need to be connected locally and shared from
workstations.

All that being said:

If you still want to proceed with your original plan, no, you can't use a
wizard, and if you're managing a domain you shouldn't need one! :-)
Check the *share* permissions as well as the NTFS permissions on the folders
in question. Set the share permissions to everyone=full control. The NTFS
permissions should be as you choose, specifying the other domain users or
groups.
 
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