Xp Networking so particular uses have access

[Amitojc]

Okay here is the situation. We have a server running windows xp home. The server has shared folders which all the users have access to. There are only 5 employees here. There is a certain folder, that I only want 2 of the 5 people to have access to. How would I go about doing that. I do know that if I put the shared folders in a different user name with a password but then it wouldn't be organized the way I want it to be all on the same user. If you know how to just enable security to that particular folder that would be helpful.

 

[Fardringle]

XP Home really isn't designed for this kind of security restriction. XP Home uses the Guest account to give access to its shared resources so by default everyone on the network can access those resources. You'd need XP Pro or an actual server operating system to restrict access based on user accounts/permissions.


There are a couple of ways you can "sort of" accomplish what you want.

Option 1: Make the shared folders hidden by putting a dollar sign ($) at the end of the shared name so that the shared folders don't show up in Network Places and the users will only be able to find it by manually typing in the shared folder name - and you only give the name to the people who are allowed to access it.

Option 2: Enable the Guest account and set a password on it. Only give that password to the people who are allowed to access the shared folders. This is an "all or nothing" option in that anyone with the password can get to all of the shared folders so you can't make it so that some people can get to some folders and other people get to other folders, but it can work if the 2 people are the only ones that need to access any of the shared resources.

 

[imagoon]

You can set the permissions in safe mode or via the command line cacls however this not always straight forward or usable. As said above Windows XP Home explicitly blocked advanced security as it is not a server OS.

 

[Amitojc]

Have you guys ever used windows home server 2011. I am thinking of upgrading our server to that. I am sure that will give us security control, but I just want to make sure from someone who has used it before.

 

[JackMDS]

Yap, many people here run WHS.

Maybe this can Help.

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-server/windows-home-server-2011-140443