Networking help...

[Bullfrog]

hey guys,

here's what I'm trying to do:

i have 2 "reception pc's" and 5 workstations all running windows XP Pro.

i want the 2 reception pc's to share files between each other as well as access and change documents on all of the other 5 workstations. however i do NOT want the 5 workstations to be able to or change any one elses' doc's. I have been struggling with this for few days now and I'm about to snap. Any pointer, tip, tricks? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[stefan]

Re: Networking help...

you'll need a user/pass for the 2 the level of acces needed on the reception pc's, and another user/pass for the others. Then you'll just have to go assign permissions to the various folders. You won't be giving the workstations access, rather the users. Since you dont have a central server that controls permissions, I think you will have to set up the 2 accounts on each station though. If i am user 'stefan', then I will take on the permissions of user 'stefan' on each pc i connect to. if that pc doesn't have an account called 'stefan', it wont be able to associate that user with a set of permissions. The user name you log on to your computer with will be carried to each computer you connect to. In an environment with a server, the user info and permissions are stored server-side, and when you log in your permissions are assigned by the server. Since you dont have a server, each pc is going to have to be able to assign permissions, and therefor have the same user/password set up on each one (one user/pass for reception, and one user/pass for the others).

**might want to wait for confirmation on this....

[James]

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It'd probably be easier just to put the 2 reception PCs in a workgroup on their own (assuming the other 3 pc's dont need to communicate with reception) and bust a share open

[Bullfrog]

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Makes sense, I was having an issue that if I shared the folder all of the other comps could see the folders in the network neighbourhood, however no one could access the folder unless I added "NETWORK" to the security settings in properties for the folder, but then... EVERYONE could access with full control. grrr, so basically what you're telling me is that if I say, set up "joe" on all of the comps with the same password and then set "joe" with administrative contol on each computer that user (Joe) should be able to access the shared docs on say, (bob) from his own computer?

[Bullfrog]

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It'd probably be easier just to put the 2 reception PCs in a workgroup on their own (assuming the other 3 pc's dont need to communicate with reception) and bust a share open

yea but, i also need the 2 reception comps to be able to access and change documents on all of the other 5 pc's

[stefan]

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Makes sense, I was having an issue that if I shared the folder all of the other comps could see the folders in the network neighbourhood, however no one could access the folder unless I added "NETWORK" to the security settings in properties for the folder, but then... EVERYONE could access with full control. grrr, so basically what you're telling me is that if I say, set up "joe" on all of the comps with the same password and then set "joe" with administrative contol on each computer that user (Joe) should be able to access the shared docs on say, (bob) from his own computer?

i have done this with 3 computers, my desktop, a game server, and my laptop. I then shared all of the c:\ on the game server and gave user 'stefan' full permissions. So now, if I connect to the game server from either my desktop or laptop, while logged in as 'stefan', I can access the c drive on the game server. If my brother , for example, comes by, with his laptop, and logs in as himself, I believe he will see the shared c:\ if he is on the same workgroup, but not have access.

[Kordain]

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that sounds right to me.
you would have to assign the users to each computer and the assign rights to the desired folder with that user name. when a person logs on to his/her PC and tries to access the remote one it will send his user details with the attempt. if they correspond to the user rights assigned to the folder they should have access.

describing it is the easy part, doing it is never straight forward :(

[VAG_Tech]

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I would give that a try Jer. If not tell them open the wallet and buy a server.

[James]

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Start --> Run --> Dcpromo


hah

[Bullfrog]

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Thanks for all of the help guys, I'll let you all know when I'm done with this headache later tonight.

[Bullfrog]

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Hey stephan, thanks so much for all of your help dude, ot all worked as you said it would. drinks on me at the next meet! thanks so much, my networking headache is gone. mad props man... mad, mad, props.

[R_Ethug]

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lol james

[timdog]

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Start --> Run --> Dcpromo


hah

hahaha agreed.

[stefan]

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Hey stephan, thanks so much for all of your help dude, ot all worked as you said it would. drinks on me at the next meet! thanks so much, my networking headache is gone. mad props man... mad, mad, props.

no prob, glad it worked.