How do I create a public share on win2K?
This is a discussion about How do I create a public share on win2K? in the Windows Networking category; I want to make a public share, I do not want to have to set up a user account on the Win2K for every one that will have access to it. This is a peer network, workgroup, running a mix of Win2K/NT4/95/98.
I want to make a public share, I do not want to have to set up a user account on the Win2K for every one that will have access to it. This is a peer network, workgroup, running a mix of Win2K/NT4/95/98. I have tried giving permissions to guest, everyone (only give access to "everyone" on with a acount on the local system). I have been searching for a few days trying to figure this out, Anyone have any good networking site?
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By default, the "guest" account is disabled on W2K - enabling it will allow you to create public shares.
The are many potential security problems with doing this (discussed extensively elsewhere on this forum) so be careful.
The are many potential security problems with doing this (discussed extensively elsewhere on this forum) so be careful.
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Ok.. I enabled the guest account... setup a new share gave gave permissions only to guest... my win98 systems can't access it, Access is Denied. Now I assume that I have to log into the win98 systems a "guest" right... well that defeats the purpose... I want to have a totally public share that anyone can access, like in win98... I also want to be able to have shares that only a few people have access to, i.e. setup an account and only fo rhtem on the local win2K system... Is this something that is impossible to do on win2K?
