Win xp file sharing HELP!!!

[syborfical]

Recently I replaced my file box

My old file box had windows 2000 on it.
When ever you went to a share

Eg \\pc\share

It would come up with a box saying:

User name:
Password:


This was great as the file box. This pc has stuff shared with a few of my house mates and I don?t want all of them to have full access. some only read and some have write. It was also great when I lanned.

I have recently upgraded the file box, It now has windows XP pro on it.
The problem is now the when I goto a share
It doesn?t ask for the user name of password thats what i want

Can I get the user name and password to come up with windows XP pro???
If so how do I do it?

Thank you

 

[ktwebb]

You don't need them to get a user/pass box. Just get what user account they log on with on their machines. Create an account with those credentials on your machine. Then work your permissions on your shares. The share permissions tab should have everyone/full access. Then you lock down with NTFS permission, the security tab. Add thier accounts and give applicable permissions. Then anyone that doesn't have access won't be able to hit your shares. Those that do will get in without any prompt. That's how you setup windows shares on NTFS permissions.

 

[syborfical]

Originally posted by: ktwebb
You don't need them to get a user/pass box. Just get what user account they log on with on their machines. Create an account with those credentials on your machine. Then work your permissions on your shares. The share permissions tab should have everyone/full access. Then you lock down with NTFS permission, the security tab. Add thier accounts and give applicable permissions. Then anyone that doesn't have access won't be able to hit your shares. Those that do will get in without any prompt. That's how you setup windows shares on NTFS permissions.

I want them to get a Box, so they can put a user name and password in.

So I don?t have to create about 40 zillion users accounts on the local machine.
I don?t want the default GAY windows permissions and crap
I have 4 users
Admin ? normal administrator
Leech ? can read dirs ( game patches) but not upload
Upload ? can up load but not delete
Back up ? for house mates to have full acess to there dir! To back up crap.

Rather than adding a new account for each machine. I just want 4.
And the option for them to be able to choose when they go to a share
Windows 2000 did it out of the box
How the hell do you do it on windows xp?

 

[nweaver]

turn of simple file sharing

 

[neothe0ne]

I have a question related to the topic, but may be slightly off-topic: How do you turn OFF the username and password prompt when another computer is trying to access the locked one?

 

[nweaver]

match usernames/passwords

(This may not apply to home, I don't ever use it on a network)
by default, windows sends the current user's credentials to the "server" for authentication. If these are rejected, it will pop up the un/pw field. So if user1 with password test exists on both client and server, and user1 has both share level and ntfs level permissions, they just have to type \\server\share and it will start working.


to the OP, you could use net use statements (map network drive) with specific un/pw combos, not sure how this all integrates with XP Home/(craptastic)simple file sharing, as I never use those.

 

[syborfical]

all computers have simple file sharing disabled.

here is the error i get.

http://users.on.net/~syborfical/error.jpg

Its pretty simple what i want. But no one can tell me how to do it
I know ti works in windows 2k
but for some reason its seems M$ have f**ked up xp premmissions.

I want a window that allows me to slect what user
and what password im putting in when i connect to a share ?

 

[nweaver]

no, xp is fine, it's yoru config that messed up....


so, on the sharing tab, choose users, select "everyone" and then check "full control"
on the security tab, setup the user permissions you want. I would start with full control and go down from there

 

[syborfical]

Where is it messed up?

windows 2000 u could browse and share on a network and
type: Admin, Guest anyother user
then the password

it pretty much let you use your box a FTP box. with out setting up 4 zillion user accounts

eg huge lans

you would type \\computer\share

then a 'window" would pop up

saying
Username:
password:

It seems that XP SP2 u can't do this
or no one has ever used win2k

 

[ktwebb]

Huge LAN's, windows network anyway, would NEVER have a logon prompt when browsing/accessing resources. As they would never be in a workgroup. it would be a windows domain and authentication on files/folders/volumes, would be setup correctly. With NTFS permissions using Active Directory/windows authentication of the user. There are a few scenarios, like hitting hidden or administrative shares using an account not added to the permissions of the resource but would be rare. Typically the properly setup windows file shares would bang AD. No need to have a login popup.

 

[nweaver]

it works fine for my 300 XPPro SP2 boxes at work...it also works on my other 300 running 2k Pro SP4

 

[nova2]

are you running NTFS or FAT32?

> open any folder > tools > disconnect network drive
make sure any drives relating to the \\dlb\ computer are disconnected.
-- then map a drive to \\dlb\whatever\, specify an account that has perms to the directory > click ok > hopefully that worked.
-- disconnect the network drive.
-- now try \\dlb\whatever\ again. hopefully it prompts you now.

> if you still get logged in without prompting, it may be because it logged in using some other account with no pwd, thus, temp, try giving all your user accounts on \\dlb\ a 1 character pwd.

 

[ITJunkie]

Try this:
Go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Settings.
Under Local Policies, expand (or click) Security Options. Look for "Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts" and double click it.
My guess is that it's set to "Guest only - blah blah blah" (which is default I believe). Change it from the drop-down to be "Classic - local users authenticate as themselves" and that should give you the setup you are looking for. As others have said though, you will need those accounts you spoke of setup on that box.
Though I'm sure you already have this set, make sure that file and printer sharing is checked under Windows Firewall.