Sharing over a LAN

[Bill Martin]

How does one grant file access over the LAN with XP-Home? Using Win98SE I
could right click on the "C" disk and it would allow me to assign a password,
and then I could read/write from other machines on my LAN. Nice for doing
backups and such.

With XP I haven't been able to do this same thing. By right clicking on
"C:" and selecting sharing it cautions me this is a bad thing, and then goes
ahead to allow me to do so. But it does NOT allow me to assign a password
anywhere that I can see. Every computer on the LAN can now access the files.

Even more confusing, it allows some folders to be accessed but not others.

Is there a way to grant password controlled read/write access to my entire
"C:" disk under XP-Home?

Thanks.

Bill

[Thorsten Matzner]

Bill Martin > wrote:

>With XP I haven't been able to do this same thing. By right clicking on
>"C:" and selecting sharing it cautions me this is a bad thing, and then goes
>ahead to allow me to do so. But it does NOT allow me to assign a password
>anywhere that I can see. Every computer on the LAN can now access the files.

This may help: "How to Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder
Permissions" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418) and "How to
Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
Folders" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308419).

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[Bill Martin]

> This may help: "How to Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder
> Permissions" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418) and "How to
> Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and
> Folders" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308419).

If I read these correctly, they say that one can't share with password
control anymore in XP-Home. The first article says that I have to disable
"simplified sharing" to use passwords. This article then says I can't
disable that with XP-Home, only with XP-Pro. It says "Note that you cannot
disable simplified sharing in Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition."

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;307874

Surely with their newly heightened security sensitivity, Microsoft would not
have removed the ability to password protect files but these two articles
seem to indicate that they have. It's totally open kimono on the LAN or
nothing at all now? Surely this can't be true?

Bill

[bob]

You are shocked that MS wants to sell "upgrades"?

I too found this a bit troubling, but I came to the
conclusion that XP home is really designed for home use.
You should not have shared folders you don't want everyone
to be able to see, or you upgrade to a more suitable OS.




>-----Original Message-----
>> This may help: "How to Set, View, Change, or Remove
File and Folder
>> Permissions" (http://support.microsoft.com/?
kbid=308418) and "How to
>> Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for
Files and
>> Folders" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308419).
>
>If I read these correctly, they say that one can't share
with password
>control anymore in XP-Home. The first article says that
I have to disable
>"simplified sharing" to use passwords. This article then
says I can't
>disable that with XP-Home, only with XP-Pro. It
says "Note that you cannot
>disable simplified sharing in Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition."
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;307874
>
>Surely with their newly heightened security sensitivity,
Microsoft would not
>have removed the ability to password protect files but
these two articles
>seem to indicate that they have. It's totally open
kimono on the LAN or
>nothing at all now? Surely this can't be true?
>
>Bill
>.
>

[Thorsten Matzner]

Bill Martin > wrote:

>Surely with their newly heightened security sensitivity, Microsoft would not
>have removed the ability to password protect files but these two articles
>seem to indicate that they have. It's totally open kimono on the LAN or
>nothing at all now? Surely this can't be true?

See Bob's response as well.
You can always try to add these features with third-party software
like PGP.

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[Bill Martin]

> You are shocked that MS wants to sell "upgrades"?
>
> I too found this a bit troubling, but I came to the
> conclusion that XP home is really designed for home use.
> You should not have shared folders you don't want everyone
> to be able to see, or you upgrade to a more suitable OS.
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Actually, I'm shocked to find that I bought a "down grade". XP-Home doesn't
even have the functionality of Win98. Oh well. As long as I haven't
overlooked a capability somewhere.

I am using the computers on a home LAN with about 5 machines, but that
doesn't mean I want everybody to see everything -- or more to the point to be
able to over write everything. Some folders should backup some machines
without being able to be screwed up by others just for general security of
backups. Yet they all need to be on the same work group in order to share
printers.

Thanks for the verification.

Bill