How to share a folder with limited access!?!?

[DeRusto]

OK, I have the plan of putting homework assignments into a folder on my computer, but making it accessible by any other machine on campus. Now, I don't want to make it so that everyone can access it and copy/change my homework. I tired making it so only one account on my computer can log into the folder, but this only seems to work from my own machine(Ones that actually have that account and password) because it does not prompt for a login. Is there anyway that I can set the folder so that it will request a user and password when I try to access it? I'm running WinXP and my hard drives are formatted with NTFS. Thanks for your help.

 

[imhotepmp]

couldnt you just give the 'everyone' group read access only and deny everything else. I think that should work.

Imhotep MP

 

[DeRusto]

I suppose I could do it that way..but I would rather provide access by password if anyone knows how..

 

[her209]

First of all, turn off simple file sharing.

Then create a user account with the same user name as the user who is trying to access your account and give them a password (on your computer).

 

[DeRusto]

OK, I can manage that much..but thats not what I want to do.. can I even DO what I want to do???

I can already make it accessible from another computer that has the same user account as the one the folder is shared for..I just want to make it so I can log on to that folder ONLY from another computer using the account.. oh well..I can live without it.🙂

 

[Woodie]

First off, by starting sharing, your computer IS asking remote users for an ID/password. The only problem is, it's trying to match the ID/pword to its local user listing, and you haven't created that account.

I think you're trying to password protect a folder(share), and that's not the way that WinNT works. You put an Access Control List (ACL) on a resource (printer/folder/file), and if the USER trying to get the resource is on the list, then they get the access specified. Typical ACLs are: Read, write, change, print, delete.

So for your scenario:
Create/share folder:
Apply an ACL to the share (NOT the folder), that looks like this:
ID: MYCOMPUTER\DeRusto Rights: Full Control
ID: MYCOMPUTER\MyBuddy Rights: Read

Now, to connect to this folder from any WinNT family computer:
net use * \\MYCOMPUTER\sharename /u:MYCOMPUTER\DeRusto * [\b]
enter your password (from the MYCOMPUTER machine) and hit enter.
Now, you're connected, and should be able to browse the folder/documents.
If you provide the account DeRusto, you'll be able to do whatever you want to the files in the folder. If you used the MyBuddy account, then you'll only be able to READ the files, and not modify them. Of course that give you the ability to copy the file, and modify the copy--you just can't overwrite the original.