Win 2k not sharing

[dorkin]

With win2k, what does it mean when you click the "permissions" button under the file sharing tab of a folder and you receive:
"This has been shared for administrative reasons, the permissions cannot be set"

Are there any problems sharing files when PCs have different OS? ie: 2 of my PCs have win98, laptop has XP, and 1 has win2k?

 

[GhostKat]

That message means that the share was created by the Operating system for administration purposes and is used by the OS for certain functionality. Anyone who knows the administrator password or is part of the Administrators group can use these shares

The only problem with sharing files that you may encounter is that the 98 'puters may not be able to access the files on the 2000 'puters, at least not right off the bat. XP has what is called Simple File Sharing that kinda makes it work like 98 to some degree. XP Pro can turn it off so that it works exactly like 2000. It cannot be disabled in XP Home

On the 2000 box, if you want to just let anyone connect to the shares(except the admin ones) then enable the guest account in the user management area. This is also the most insecure of all the security choices you have to face.

GK

Yes, I made it past newbie w00t.

 

[Dev]

Ghostkat's right about the default share thing, but it's easy to share between w98/2000/XP. You need client for microsoft networks installed in the network properties. The share on an NTFS (2k/xp default file system) has two permissions (share level and file system level). Be sure to give everyone the permissions they require for both (default is everyone for share permission, but only owner/administrator for ntfs permissions). Also for to get access to the shares you need to log into the w98 clients with a username/password combination that matches an account on the w2k box. This account, of course, needs to have acccess to the share. Hope this makes sense, and good luck.

Poor windows was not a brave soul. Threatened by the force of General Protection and Major Problem the little OS committed suicide by hanging.