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Windows file sharing - how to configure permissions in more detail?
LoneIgadzra
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I know Vista makes this pretty easy, but I don't have Vista. What I do have is a PC running XP Pro with a ton of stuff shared on the local network. I use it as a central repository for a lot of stuff, and often access its shares to add and remove files remotely. Some of the stuff on here, I want my roommates to have read access to (and in some cases, write). Of this, I want most to be readable without a password and writable only with a password. Is there some way I can set this up? All XP seems to offer is "allow users to change my files". That's not what I'm looking for at all really.
Edit: Also, I'm really paranoid about how XP gets slower and slower the longer you use it even without spyware. Would having over a dozen shares contribute to this even when they're not being accessed?
Edit: Also, I'm really paranoid about how XP gets slower and slower the longer you use it even without spyware. Would having over a dozen shares contribute to this even when they're not being accessed?
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Regardless, turn off "Simple File Sharing". Then you can set user-based permissions. Check out the MS KB here. This can get more confusing, but it should allow you to do what you want.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
Anyway, thanks a lot!
... now how do I connect as something other than guest?
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The primary way I do this is:
\\computernamethatyouwanttoconnectto\C$
But, to get this to work you have to have identical user names. (I use administrator just make sure to a password.)
Go to my computer>Tools>map network drive>browse location
I think that you have identical user names for this as well.
If you click the "Connect using a different username" link in that dialog box, that will allow you to use different credentials.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
If my memory serves it goes a little something like this:
net use G: \\sharedcomputer\sharename /USER:sharedcomputer\username password