Password protected shares under Server 2003

[magdeb]

Can someone point me to a source of info on setting up shares that are password protected on Server 2003. Limiting user premissions is Okay but I need a more security and it has been awhile since I did anything like this.

Thanks

 

[LWComputingMVP]

You cannot password protect shares in Server 2003 without some 3rd party software. In a domain environment, only the users with permission to access the files are granted access. The password protection is through the user account. If you don't want the user to have access, then they do not get permission.

-Lee

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[ITPangaeaArchitect]

while true you cant use password protection, i suggest looking into WDRM (windows digital rights management), which allows for certificate based file sharing. its not a password, its better

-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging00, MCSA03, A+

 

[nevets2001uk]

I second Lee's comments. You should be able to utilise the standard Windows security features to control access to any shared folders.

In our domain environment we share them so that "Authenticated Users" have Change Share permissions and then use groups (you could use specific users) in the Security tab to control the actual people who can view / modify the files in the share. If you do not grant them NTFS permissions in the security tab then they cannot access the folder.

In a workgroup environment you can do basically the same thing by creating user accounts on the server and granting them access to the share.

This will require users to be either logged into the domain or into to provide their username and password on a workgroup server before they can access the files.

Steve G (MCSE / MCSA:Messaging)