moot
January 10th 04, 10:44 AM
so you have a "bob" user account on XP and on the box
ewith the shares, while the troublesome user account is
accessing the XP box as guest yeah?
I would definitely diable the guest account and use named
accounts. create another account on XP for the user and
mimic this on the filesharing box [just as I believe your
account is] and I bet this will work.
2 points ...
the guest account is notoriously insecure so shouldn't be
used and windows typically installs with the guesty
account disabled by default. not only that but as it is
insecure, M$ have restricted it in several other ways too
[aka internet sharing - see elsewhere here and in windows
XP gernal forum].
so why does having identical accounts on the 2 boxes work?
well it is because windows will send its present user
details to the remote box on connection. it takes the
username and password, hashes them to hide the details and
send it over the wires. at the the other end the box
unhashes them in the exact same way and get the username
and password. if this username and password match the ones
it knows about it assumes you are the user as specified in
its security database
moot out ...
ewith the shares, while the troublesome user account is
accessing the XP box as guest yeah?
I would definitely diable the guest account and use named
accounts. create another account on XP for the user and
mimic this on the filesharing box [just as I believe your
account is] and I bet this will work.
2 points ...
the guest account is notoriously insecure so shouldn't be
used and windows typically installs with the guesty
account disabled by default. not only that but as it is
insecure, M$ have restricted it in several other ways too
[aka internet sharing - see elsewhere here and in windows
XP gernal forum].
so why does having identical accounts on the 2 boxes work?
well it is because windows will send its present user
details to the remote box on connection. it takes the
username and password, hashes them to hide the details and
send it over the wires. at the the other end the box
unhashes them in the exact same way and get the username
and password. if this username and password match the ones
it knows about it assumes you are the user as specified in
its security database
moot out ...