Sharing users between computers

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Hello,

I have two computers on a home network running Vista Home Premium 64.
Is it possible to share a folder and give permissions to users on the
other computer without adding a specific account on the computer to be
shared? When I go into the security tab in the properties of the
folder, then edit the user permissions, then add user, I see the field
for location, but I cannot change the location to the other computer,
even though I see it on the network.

Is this a limitation of home premium, or am I just missing something
major here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Than you for your time.
Greg
 
GregV said:
Hello,

I have two computers on a home network running Vista Home Premium 64.
Is it possible to share a folder and give permissions to users on the
other computer without adding a specific account on the computer to be
shared? When I go into the security tab in the properties of the
folder, then edit the user permissions, then add user, I see the field
for location, but I cannot change the location to the other computer,
even though I see it on the network.

Is this a limitation of home premium, or am I just missing something
major here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Than you for your time.
Greg
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Not a limitation of Home Premium, this is a limitation of peer-to-peer
workgroups.
And yes you need to have identical User accounts on each machine. This is
because in a peer-to-peer workgroup there is no central authentication - all
the security information about what user can access what machine is
necessarily held on each machine.

HTH
 
Not a limitation of Home Premium, this is a limitation of peer-to-peer
workgroups.
And yes you need to have identical User accounts on each machine. This is
because in a peer-to-peer workgroup there is no central authentication - all
the security information about what user can access what machine is
necessarily held on each machine.

HTH

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Thank you for your reply, and I understand what you are saying. With
that in mind, I seem to remember with Windows XP being able to use
ComputerName\\user as a valid user. Am I remembering wrong or di they
change this with Vista? Also, what is the Location field for in the
add user dialog from within the edit user permissions page? I was
under the assumption that this was to locate users on specific
machines. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to invalidate what you
said, this is just something I am confused about.

Again, thank you for your time.
Greg
 
Hi
You can switch On the Guest account and set its permission open.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
 
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