Network Folder Sharing Problem

[5ilver5aracen]

Hi
I have 5 pc's all with vista on a workgroup network. 4 of the pc's need to share a folder on the 5th pc but one of the 4 cannot have access to some of this folders sub folders. Whats the best way of setting this up? I've tried a few things but can't get it to work. I'm a bit new to network sharing and security. Many thanks in advance.

 

[smah]

If you use password protected sharing you can set each folder's permissions for each user. Each user will need a local account on the pc (even if they don't log on locally). Follow this guide for the details

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/vista/Vista_file_sharing.shtml

 

[5ilver5aracen]

Thanks for that. That article is good. I have set password protected sharing up on the PC that has the shared files now but when I try to access them from another PC it says that I cannot access this resource. I presumed that it should come up with a log in prompt.

 

[schtek]

Try this link

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

hope it helps


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("la pratique rend parfait")
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[smah]

It won't come up with a login prompt - it will use the credentials that the remote user has (username & password). That's why the 'server' needs a user account that is a duplicate of the remote user account.

Another possibility (although I don't think that you'd get the 'cannot access resource' error) is any third-party firewalls that might block the connection.