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June 10th, 2009 14:00
How to share folder like this in Windows 2003 / 2008 ?
In our Dell PE2900 server (OS: Windows 2008) we have 1 folder that is considered as shared network drive for 10 users in the company.
QUESTION 1:
Right now to connect to this network drive, user has to enter administrator username & password to access this network drive. Is there anyway to enter username & password other than administrator's? If yes, how do I do that? I am thinking to find a way to create username: public, password: 123456 to access network drive.
QUESTION 2:
Inside this network drive, how can I create private folder -AND- password protected for each user? So each user has his own private folder that is not accessible by other users?
Once inside the network drive:
user-1 has his own username & pw to access his private folder
user-2 has his own username & pw to access his private folder
Thanks.
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tommo666
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June 10th, 2009 15:00
I would do it using folder permissions, i'm not an admin so there's probably an eaiser way to do it.
Right click on the folder and select sharing and security, then the security tab. There should be an entry for users and another for authenticated users.
select one and check which permissions are enabled and enable the one's you want. On the client map the folder as a disk from the tools menu and select reconnect at logon. Hopefully that should work.
To create private folders, it's basically the same. Name the folder and in permissions remove anyone you dont want accessing it, so users etc. Then click add and searxh for the specific user by account username, once added you can set the permissions to full control. I would suggest leaving the admin account active so you can sort any probs if the users forget their login etc. You wouldn't need to password the folders as permissions takes care of things.
bigbulus
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June 10th, 2009 18:00
In Security Tab, the only users I have:
SYSTEM
Administrator (DellPE2900\Administrator)
Administrators (DellPE2900\Administrators)
How do I add 10 employees to this list? What username & password should user use to access this shared network drive?
tommo666
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June 11th, 2009 05:00
Is the server on a domain or is it stand alone? If it's domain then the users should have account on the server. Look in Administrative tools for computers and users. If that's not there then click on the entry 'computer management' and look for local users and groups in the left pane. Here you can create new users. Once you've added them all you can create the folders and add the users giving them the permissions you wan't.
bigbulus
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June 30th, 2009 15:00
No the server is not in the domain. It is in workgroup. 1 server providing access for 10 users. It is not in the domain. How do I manage this?
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July 1st, 2009 09:00
You have a few options:
- create a domain (Google dcpromo) on this server, join the desktops/laptops to this domain (does require XP pro or Vista business/ultimate on those (XP home and Vista Home (Premium) cannot join a domain)). Then set the share to allow 'everyone' access. This means everyone that has a user account in the domain.
- Create a user and password for every single of those 10 users so that their username and password match what they use on their desktop/laptop, then set the share to allow everyone access. Note: if someone changes their password, it'll need to be changed on the server as well (with 10 users it's not that many to keep track of).
- create an account on the server purely for share access and make it a regular user (not an administrator). Then allow this user account access to the shares. Your 10 users will then have to use that username and password to connect to the share, but won't have the/an admin password for the server this way. You can even set the account to block local and remote login rights to prevent someone using it as a way in.
- Enable the guest account on the server, and set the share permissions to allow the guest account access. This is a security risk though, as anyone in the network will have access (you can no longer limit it to just these 10 users and exclude visitors or people that don't need access).