Permissions problem within home network
I have many computers all with Windows XP Pro hooked together through a linksys router to the net. All file sharing works great so no probs their. My question is: is that one of the computers has a larger harddrive in it, that i use as back up.
I have many computers all with Windows XP Pro hooked together through a linksys router to the net. All file sharing works great so no probs their.
My question is: is that one of the computers has a larger harddrive in it, that i use as back up. What i want to do is the following. Say "computer A" is this computer with the large drive in it, and i have "computer B" that makes a folder (which ill call folder on this drive for its own personal uses. Now "computer B" would like only them be able to gain access to this "folder B", so no one else can get access to it. Say if "computer C" goes over the network and tries to access it, it will say access denied. Now on all my computers there is only one user for each. When i try to set permissions on these folders it only allows me to set them for users on the machine itself. Is there anyway i can set them for user on another box in my network?.. i havent been able to figure it out. I think the only way i can do this is if i set "computer A" up as a Domain server and have them all logged into the domain. Thanx for any suggestions
Masterfinn
My question is: is that one of the computers has a larger harddrive in it, that i use as back up. What i want to do is the following. Say "computer A" is this computer with the large drive in it, and i have "computer B" that makes a folder (which ill call folder on this drive for its own personal uses. Now "computer B" would like only them be able to gain access to this "folder B", so no one else can get access to it. Say if "computer C" goes over the network and tries to access it, it will say access denied. Now on all my computers there is only one user for each. When i try to set permissions on these folders it only allows me to set them for users on the machine itself. Is there anyway i can set them for user on another box in my network?.. i havent been able to figure it out. I think the only way i can do this is if i set "computer A" up as a Domain server and have them all logged into the domain. Thanx for any suggestions
Masterfinn
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The domain thing is the best (and only real way). The other way is to make separate user logins on the host machine (the one with the bigger HD) and have the client machines (the ones that do backup) log into different user accounts. Then you can do separate permissions for the different accounts and have access restrictions.
