Posted by Mike McCue on 2001-05-01
hehe... wow, not bad from my short stint as a wannabe network engineer :-) . I was trying to think of what to tell him as far as setting up the user level shares, but while I was thinking that the knowledge had just escaped me, I now realize that I never set up a 2000 or NT box for networking.. ahhh... Thanks for the clarification! Mike >From: "Darren Varndell" <darren@xxxx-xxxxx.xxx> >Reply-To: tcg@xxxx.xx.xx >To: mccuem1@xxx.xxx >Subject: Re: Networking >Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 03:28:00 +0200 (MEST) > > > > > > >Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:39:26 -0400 > >From: "justin adams" <munki_@xxxxxxx.xxx> > >Subject: file sharing between win2000 and win98 > > > >im at college right now, and recently i installed win2000 on my box. i >had > >a lot of things i shared on the network but after i installed 2000, no >one > >can access my shared files. i never figured out how to set a password >for > >sharing. and in win2000, to access shared files and things you provide a > >username and password. in win98 you just give a password. so i have no > >clue how to share stuff across the network and i cant find anything on >the > >net about it. > > > >this has to be a pretty common problem. hopefully somebody out there >will > >know of it > > > >-justin (munki) > > >Mike is totally there with his assessment. The problem is, as with NT, >Win2000 uses USER level access ONLY! The only way to get this to work is >to >get your win98 machine(s) to log onto the Win2000 machines 'workgroup' >using >USER level access (see Control Panel/Network/Primary Network Login - >Windows >Login) - you'll need to set-up user accounts for each win98 machine you >want >to allow access, the win98 clients will login using the CURRENT users win98 >username and password (see Control Panel/Users on win98 machines) > >Hope this helps! > >Remmie > > > >> > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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