Win2K Share to Everyone

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Dave Reynolds

Hi all,
i have a Win2K server that is a member server in a domain.
I need to have a share on this server that everybody can
have access to; this includes machines that are in a
workgroup.
right now my server is asking for auhentication
credentials when i connect from a workgroup PC. any ideas
on how to overcome this?

Thanks,

Dave
 
I forgot to mention that the PCs in the workgroup are
running WinXP SP1.
when i attemp to connect to the share running Win NT, i
have no problem. it is only from the XP machines.

Thanks in advance,

Dave
 
Make the permissions Everyone READ (I presume you
don't want everyone to write to it.)

Make sure the machine doesn't have the "Restrict Anonymous"
security setting (security policy or GPO.) That should work but
the next one works for sure....

You can also do it like NetLogon where it's a "NullSessionShare"
but again eliminate "Restrict Anonymous".
 
I have a similar question. I am trying to map a share on
a domain server from a workstation on the same network.
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This is really an entirely different problem (client instead of
server, and the server has security -- as it normally should.)
The workstation is not a member of the domain and has a
workgroup name of MSHOME.
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Then you must provide a fully qualified username -- part of
the point of a workgroup or domain is to make the sharing
of resources easy -- but they are different in your case and
workgroup machines don't deal well with that.
When I try to map the share on
the server (\\compaq\temp) from the workstation, I receive
a "Network Login" window. Nothing I type for a
username/password works. The Network Login window
continues to appear.
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Have you tried Domainame\Username (and password)?

The Username must of course be an account in THAT domain,
"DomainName".

This is the fully qualified (NetBIOS) username.

If the account is on a Server (not domain) directly then you use
ServerName\Username (a server acts like a "domain of 1")
 
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This is really an entirely different problem (client instead of
server, and the server has security -- as it normally should.)

Then you must provide a fully qualified username -- part of
the point of a workgroup or domain is to make the sharing
of resources easy -- but they are different in your case and
workgroup machines don't deal well with that.


Have you tried Domainame\Username (and password)?

The Username must of course be an account in THAT domain,
"DomainName".

This is the fully qualified (NetBIOS) username.

If the account is on a Server (not domain) directly then you use
ServerName\Username (a server acts like a "domain of 1")


.
thanks... Worked! Used admin account for login.
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Kary
 
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