Windows Advanced File Sharing issues

johnos

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So I've been fiddling around with Advanced File Sharing on one of the computers round here.
I've gotten it to work pretty easily in that it lets me control who accesses what and who has what control. Now I'm looking to use it throughout my whole network soonish but before i do go ahead I want to get one thing working...

As the web tells you, when using advanced file sharing, if the username and password of the computer you are using to access dont match those that are set up on the 'server' then it should prompt you for a username and password. The problem for me is that whenever the user credentials dont match i just get a

\\computer\folder is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

Access is denied

I've googled a bit for info, and looked through all the links on ezlan.net but have yet to find anything that helps.

NTFS permissions are all set to allow access (well i think they are anyway), firewalls are down, sharing permissions are set how i want them but i also want for someone to be able to plug a new computer into the network temporarily, and be able to access files without setting up a new account and without me setting up an account for them on the 'server' xp computer.

So I'm currently out of ideas and any help would be appreciated. I'm sure other people have had problems like this before and I would like to know how they solved them.

Thanks
 

Nothinman

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NTFS permissions are all set to allow access (well i think they are anyway), firewalls are down, sharing permissions are set how i want them

You have that backwards, you're supposed to set the share permissions open and then use NTFS ACLs to restrict access. Not that I'm sure it'll help your current situation but using share permissions is a bad habit that should be dropped as quickly as possible.
 

Kremerica

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Not trying to hijack your thread, but I have the same or similar issues,
windows 2003 server, all computers on a domain with static assigned ip addresses, user accounts on the server, but when I plug in a laptop that is the member of another domain, I can't get it to prompt for username and password so I can get to the internet...

My Thread
 

johnos

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my 'server' is just a winxp pro comp, no domains, no sevrer 2003, just file sharing.
And may I ask why file sharing permissions are bad and NTFS permissions is best?
When i was trying I had pretty much everything allowed so that I could see that it works, and then once I got it working I would start locking it down more. This is why I think the NTFS permissions dont have anything to do with it because there shouldnt be anything from stopping at least reading of the folder in the ntfs permissions.

Also, with NTFS permissions, i Would assume that to allow another user access i would have to set up their account on the 'server'. I want ti so that someone else can come and without changing user accounts on either the server or client computer, i want them to get a prompt to enter un and pw when they try to access a folder
 

Nothinman

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And may I ask why file sharing permissions are bad and NTFS permissions is best?

The main reason I can think of is because NTFS permissions travel with the files and can be easily backed up and restored. Share permissions are stored in the registry and are a PITA to restore or move around to another share.

Also, with NTFS permissions, i Would assume that to allow another user access i would have to set up their account on the 'server'. I want ti so that someone else can come and without changing user accounts on either the server or client computer, i want them to get a prompt to enter un and pw when they try to access a folder

The same is true of share permissions since you use the same SIDs in each set of ACLs.