Hi Client of mine has got windows 2008 server as a standalone PC (no domain) with username: server and password : fake And he has 5 other PCs (XP Profe SP3) on the same LAN PC1, username : forum1,password : work1 PC2, with username: forum2, password:work2 PC3, with username: forum3, password:work3 PC4, with username: forum4, password:work4 PC5, with username : forum5, password:work5 Windows 2008 has got a folder to be shared with PC1, PC2, PC3,,,,not PC4 nor PC5 I know how to share the folder if I use option Everyone Under Properties > Sharing > Advanced Sharing > Permissions > Add > Everyone ,,,,,,and I know how to use the option Public Folder which is located %SystemDrive%\User\Public With Everyone option PC4 and PC5 would be able to get access to the shared folder Now my question if I do not want to use "Everyone" option , I have to create additional three local accounts on the server which are ( username : forum1,password : work1 ) and ( username: forum2, password:work2 ) and ( username: forum3, password:work3 ) Those username then will be able to login to the server which I do not want that to happen. Is this what suppose to be in such scenario ? Thanks
make a folder for each username ? make it so they can see their own folder ? not to clear on what exactly you are trying to do...
This is not workable Actually what he has got ,,,,he has got a program called quickbook that is installed on the shared folder on the windows 2008 and all other PCs (theer of them) should point to that shared folder.
quickbooks ? thats accounting software, and there should be a file in that folder that he has shared out so he can access it from the programs. im still not understanding what you are trying to do tho. I get that the server is serving the data file for the accounting software, but im not sure what exactly you are trying to do with all 5 pc's. j'
You want the "everyone" group, all permissions, to be done on the share level. It's the "Security" tab where you start controlling which users get access, this is the NTFS level. You add Administrator, system, and add which users you want to each folder. Simple enough since there are only 5x users. And then remove the "everyone" group from the NTFS permissions. Just create a local user account which matches what each workstation logs in as. Similar with the Quickbooks folder...put the company files in the folder you setup for that, like QBooks...install the Quickbooks database server manager...point it to that folder, done.
Hi YeOldeStonecat I missed your valuable comment on speedguide.net forum. Now if I create those users on windows 2008, then they would be able to login to the window 2008 ,,,,,wouldn't they ? Can I prevent that from happening ? Yes one option is to hide those uesrname from appearing in the welcome login screen
My second question http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_Windows_Server_2008_File_Sharing In the quote above it says "Everyone" for all users with local accounts,,,,,,,why in my case when I chose this option (i.e. "Everyone" ), users on my LAN (i.e. forum1, forum2, forum3,,,,etc) can access the shared folder on windows 2008 although those users do not have local accounts on the server ??? Thanks
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They would be able to log onto the server locally, yes. Since you're basically using it as a workstation. Tis a drawback from basically a simple peer to peer network. With peer to peer setups, you have some simplicity of setup, but you also have limitations in your ability to control things.
even if you had AD they could still logon. modify the local policy to deny logon for those users. create username on the server and match password share to everyone security to the pc you want with the correct security make sure to add the qb user to the shared folder with quickbooks.
Hi marley1 Could you please give more details because I did not get exactly what you have explained Thanks