XP Professional - Peer to Peer Folder Permissions

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One of our offices is having a problem with email confidentiality. We are
using pegasus mail. We are not using Active Directory they are just in a
workgroup. I went to the mail server and I added everyones username and
password onto the server. Then I only gave everyone access to the folder that
their emails were in. I also gave them access to the folder that the email
program is contained. but when I run the email program It will not let them
in, it is almost like the mail server is not recognizing the user. Is there a
way to tie the two accounts together or should the mail server just recognize
the windows logon from the remote computer? Also now that I have given them
all a username and password the shared printer one of the workstations will
not work. If I change everyone back to "user" then everything works fine. Now
that I have made these changes I cannot get it back to the way it was. it
does not work at all now. What is going on can anyone help?

Thanks,
Ray
 
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Ray F said:
One of our offices is having a problem with email confidentiality. We
are using pegasus mail. We are not using Active Directory they are
just in a workgroup. I went to the mail server and I added everyones
username and password onto the server. Then I only gave everyone
access to the folder that their emails were in. I also gave them
access to the folder that the email program is contained. but when I
run the email program It will not let them in, it is almost like the
mail server is not recognizing the user.
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This might be something specific to your mail server software. You can see
whether the credentials are being passed through to the server by
browsing/opening a folder on the server - if you aren't prompted for
credentials, you're not having authentication problems.
Is there a way to tie the
two accounts together
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Active Directory :)
or should the mail server just recognize the
windows logon from the remote computer?
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Can't say what Pegasus Mail Server wants/expects.
Also now that I have given
them all a username and password the shared printer one of the
workstations will not work.
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What do you mean by "will not work" ? Won't print? Or, nobody can print to
it from across the network? What are the permissions set on the printer on
that computer? Have you added all the same users/passwords to this computer?
You need to.
If I change everyone back to "user" then
everything works fine. Now that I have made these changes I cannot
get it back to the way it was. it does not work at all now. What is
going on can anyone help?
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Honestly, maintaining a network like this would annoy the __ out of me. You
don't mention the number of computers you have, but with more than just a
tiny handful, I don't like to use workgroups. If you have a Windows server
OS already, why not set up a domain so you can manage everything centrally,
let people change passwords without your having to run around to all the
computers and change stuff around?

I also prefer networkable printers, or at the very least, attaching the
printer to the server (not a workstation) to share it. Just my $.02.
 
It took some time to figure out but I think I have the problem. If the person
connecting to the computer did not have a password on their account then the
host machine would not authenticate them. This is a bug that was fixed by
removing a security update. I removed the update and everything worked fine.
Thank You for taking the time to helkp me.. Have a good one
 
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