Hi,

In Win 2K, and also XP I believe, one way to get around having to match
users and permissions between the sharing machine (server) and the client,
is to enable the "Guest" account on the sharing machine. It is present but
disabled by default. It is a simple matter to find the account in the user
administration applet and enable it. This allows unrestricted access for
shares.

WARNING: This is highly insecure, and not recommended unless you are not on
the internet, or have a good firewall setup. It is not recommended in an
office setup where you don't want other machines on the local net to access
your shares. It would only be appropriate in a home environment where the
internet connection is protected by a good firewall.


Russ Poffenberger
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At 10:24 AM 12/14/2004, Mark Rode wrote:

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>XP PRO, and XP Home, come with "simple file" sharing enabled. Which means
>that everything is shared with everybody. If you disable simple filing
>sharing, then you will have to create users, and permissions, of shared
>resources. I think, but I am not sure,... here is where you will run into
>problems with XP Home, because, I believe, .... but I'm not sure, one of
>the limitations of XP Home is the inability to set up network management of
>permissions. I think with XP Home, you can only use a Workgroup, and simple
>file sharing, although you may be able to set up individual permissions of
>shares, like you can with PRO, but only managed from a Workgroup.

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