How to make a folder level security with WinXP LAN
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Hi all, I have a LAN with a workgroup. Can I share a folder with password protected. I think I did this with win98 long time ago. But I couldn't with XP Can anybody help me?:rose:
mwith wrote:
Can I share a folder with password protected
No.
mwith wrote:
I think I did this with win98 long time ago
And look what happened to Windows 98.
mwith wrote:
But I couldn't with XP
Of course not. Password protecting a folder is extremely inefficient from both a security and administrative standpoint. Networking relies on the users access token to determine what the have access to and what they don't. Passwords are NEVER assigned to specific resources, only user/machine accounts. You have to plan your security more carefully, but it's far easier to manage. Create a group on that machine, add the users that you want to have access to that folder to the group, then modify the permissions of the folder and give the appropriate permissions to the group. Done! Now noone has to memorize yet another password. The users that have access to the folder have it without doing anything and the users who don't, well, don't have access to it.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic