I agree that you don't usually need to have an identical user account
on a second networked system to see a shared resource on that system,
provided that you are not attached to a Domain (i.e. you are using
Workgroup sharing). If you are attached to a Domain, I believe that
you can't see, let alone share, files on a system unless you are
either an individual user which the system recognises or a member of a
defined group of users that the system recognises. Even if you are not
attached to a Domain, you may have difficulty browsing to a networked
system that is in a different Workgroup, though you will usually be
able to address it "by name".

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 07:43:17 -0700, "Tony Allen"
wrote:

This past week there were a few replies posted here to messages regarding
the visibility of small (2-3 computers) , home networked "places" that
stated there "NEEDS/MUST" be "identical user accounts" on all systems in
order for the systems to 'see' each other.

I had a similar problem so I tried that suggestion - to no avail. I
deleted/removed the accounts back to a single user, non-passworded system.
The cure/answer to my particular issues was a service not starting.

What is all this about 'needing' identical accounts running on networked
computers? Obviously, it's NOT needed!




Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher