xp home network permissions

[skisteven1]

I have a network that I'd like to set up to have secured printing.

On XP pro, on the computer with the printer attached, I have shared the printer, and set up security to allow a specific user to print (and manage jobs). From an XP Pro client machine, i go to control panel -> user accounts -> click on the username -> "manage my network passwords". In there, I can add a network password, and tell it to connect to a specific computer (ie. the print server) with a specific username and password. This works great.

However, in XP Home, there isn't a place to "manage my network passwords". There's just nothing there. Is there a way to secure printing on the server so that only certain people (actually, its only certain computers, but i dont think that helps) can print?

Thanks

 

[skisteven1]

nobody knows of a way to do this in xp home?

 

[nsafreak]

Offhand I would think that XP Home would at least have a prompt for a username & password when you attempt to print to the secured printer. Are you saying that an XP Home machine can just print to the secured printer without a username and password? No immediate solutions come to mind although I'll check a bit more. Don't have any personal experience with the setup since I use 2000 Server for my serving (DNS,Printserving,Fileserving, etc.) needs and it of course handles things differently.

 

[skisteven1]

Well there are other shares on the box that are open, so XP home doesn't prompt for a password because it can connect with default perms. Just the particular printer share is secured. That's not a bad idea though -- if I secure *all* the shares, then it might give a pop-up prompt. The other thing I tried doing (but was unable to get to work) was mapping a drive on the same sever box to the xp home client. When you map a drive, you DO have the ability to put in a different username and password. The downside being you have some random mapped drive sitting around doing nothing.

The other idea I've had since then is that windows tends to authenticate with current username/pass if you don't specify and it can't get in on anonymous. So if I make an account on the server box with the same username/pass as the client (xp home) box, that might actually work. So it's a pain in the @ss, but might solve the auth problem. I wonder if that requires securing all shares on the box though... hmm...

Anyone want to spring for a couple xp home->pro upgrades for me? eh? O🙂 it's a NPO, so your donations are tax deductible....

Well, i can try ;-)

 

[Malak]

I don't see anyway to do this in Home. My network uses Home as well, and the security is non-existant. Can't even manage user accounts. Home wasn't designed for networks, it was designed for the opposite. You'll have to upgrade to get control.

 

[EatSpam]

XP Pro, $143ish at Newegg.com.

 

[skisteven1]

Originally posted by: EatSpam
XP Pro, $143ish at Newegg.com.

yeah :-(

 

[skisteven1]

UPDATE:

Well I tried a "hack" to get around XP Home being a dumb POS, and it works just fine. Create an account on the server computer with the same username and password as the account being used on the client computer. Windows tries to auth automatically with the same credentials (apparently), and it works just fine. You have to give perms on the server to the LOCAL account on the server (for each f*ing user), but then the client can auth w/o problems.

Hope that helps anyone else in the same bind!

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: skisteven1
UPDATE:

Well I tried a "hack" to get around XP Home being a dumb POS

Yeah, I got a Ferrari:thumbsup:. I needed to transfer few hundres lbs. of Sand, could not do it with the Ferrari.:thumbsdown:

I guess its make my Ferrari a POS. :shocked:

:sun:

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: JackMDS

Originally posted by: skisteven1
UPDATE:

Well I tried a "hack" to get around XP Home being a dumb POS

Yeah, I got a Ferrari:thumbsup:. I needed to transfer few hundres lbs. of Sand, could not do it with the Ferrari.:thumbsdown:

I guess its make my Ferrari a POS. :shocked:

:sun:

Horrible comparison. Home is a crippled version of Pro. Is a Ferrari a crippled version of a garbage truck? Nope. Its kina like comparing cellphone with neutered bluetooth to a cellphone with full bluetooth capabilities.