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I manage a small network is organized as a workgroup, not as a domain. Is
there some way to grant users access to a resource on a computer, e.g., a
printer, without at the same time allowing the users to logon to the computer
that shares the printer?
I've thought of two approaches, but can't find information pertinent to
either one.
1) Configure a local user account on the machine with the printer so that
the user is unable to logon but is able to connect to a shared resource. In
other words, can Windows XP security settings differentiate between "logon"
and "connection"?
2) Make the printer available to unauthenticated users. In this case, the
users would not have local accounts on the machine with the printer.
Are either of these possible? Are there security considerations for either
approach that would make it inadvisable? Are there other, better ways to
accomplish my goal?
I manage a small network is organized as a workgroup, not as a domain. Is
there some way to grant users access to a resource on a computer, e.g., a
printer, without at the same time allowing the users to logon to the computer
that shares the printer?
I've thought of two approaches, but can't find information pertinent to
either one.
1) Configure a local user account on the machine with the printer so that
the user is unable to logon but is able to connect to a shared resource. In
other words, can Windows XP security settings differentiate between "logon"
and "connection"?
2) Make the printer available to unauthenticated users. In this case, the
users would not have local accounts on the machine with the printer.
Are either of these possible? Are there security considerations for either
approach that would make it inadvisable? Are there other, better ways to
accomplish my goal?