Passworded sharing in Windows XP

[vss1980]

Is there actually a way to password protect a shared folder in Windows XP without having to play around with user profiles or having to change the log-in of a computer across the network?

In other words, is there a way of sharing in Windows XP which is just like that of Win9x/ME in which you select the folder sharing option, and then set a password for full/read-only access?

 

[vss1980]

^ Bump ^

Come on guys, someone must know. Even if it cant be done, post and say it cant.

 

[sohcrates]

Try this:

Sharing of files and folders can be managed in two ways. If you chose simplified file sharing, your folders can be shared with everyone on your network or workgroup, or you can make your folders private. (This is how folders are shared in Windows 2000.) However, in Windows XP Professional, you can also set folder permissions for specific users or groups. To do this, you must first change the default setting, which is simple file sharing. To change this setting, follow these steps:

Open Control Panel, click Tools, and then click Folder Options.
Click the View tab, and scroll to the bottom of the Advanced Settings list.
Clear the Use simple file sharing (Recommended) check box.
To manage folder permissions, browse to the folder in Windows Explorer, right?click the folder, and then click Properties. Click the Security tab, and assign permissions, such as Full Control, Modify, Read, and/or Write, to specific users.

You can set file and folder permissions only on drives formatted to use NTFS, and you must be the owner or have been granted permission to do so by the owner.

Not sure if it's what you want, but by disabling simple file sharing, you DO get more options for sharing

 

[vss1980]

Thanks for the reply sohcrates. I had already turned off simple file sharing.

Its not so much the idea of stopping people being able to write to the shared folder (already figured out the full/read only/write option), I want to password a shared folder so that someone on a network can be the only one to modify the contents of the folder but without having to use a log-in type of function.
It kinda sucks that Win9x/ME can do this but XP can't.

As for using NTFS, that isn't really an option at the moment.