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Windows Server Forum / Windows NT / Setup / December 2004W2K - broken file sharing
I have 2 computers, D and L, on a 100BT LAN. When both were running W98SE, file sharing worked right. I installed W2K on D, and I think I set up peer-to-peer networking right. Now D can access shared files on L fine, as before. D shows up in the joint workgroup on L, but double clicking D to access D's shared files produces a password dialog box as follows: Entire Network Password You must supply a password to make this connection. Resource: \\D\IPC$ Password: I've check all the passwords I can find, but none work. Appreciate anyone telling me what I've done wrong, or what I'm missing. Thanks. You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the win9x machine(s) with. Then you'll need to share out the resource(s) with permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all part of the same workgroup. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the IPC$ password Inter-process communication) In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 needs to authenticate the user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then access will be denied.  SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect |I have 2 computers, D and L, on a 100BT LAN. When both were running | W98SE, file sharing worked right. I installed W2K on D, and I think I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] | Appreciate anyone telling me what I've done wrong, or what I'm missing. | Thanks. > You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k > machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the win9x [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then > access will be denied. Thanks, makes sense. Except that I don't logon to the W98se machine. Do I have to setup a logon on the W98se machine, then duplicate it on the W2k machine? The files I want available to the W98se machine are shared to 'Everyone' with full control. Either that or enable the guest account (on Windows 2000) and apply the guest account permissions to the share. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | Thanks, makes sense. Except that I don't logon to the W98se machine. Do | I have to setup a logon on the W98se machine, then duplicate it on the | W2k machine? | The files I want available to the W98se machine are shared to 'Everyone' | with full control. Use authenticated logon on the W98 machine. That is force it to use logon name and password at logon. John >> You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k >> machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > The files I want available to the W98se machine are shared to 'Everyone' > with full control. > You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k > machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the win9x [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then > access will be denied. Thanks to all. It works fine to log in on W98 with an account identical to an account on W2K. But I stll have a question --- what is the password for \\D\IPC$ ?!?!?!? It's NOT the administrator password or any other password that I know of on D. Under Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Shared Folders > Shares, I find IPC$ -- which along with ADMIN$, C$, and E$ (C & E being hard disks) -- is "shared for administrative purposes, and cannot be changed". Obviously there is more here than I need to know about, but just curious. These may help you. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/prodd ocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/pro ddocs/en-us/file_srv_special.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ipc/base/interp rocess_communications.asp SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | Thanks to all. It works fine to log in on W98 with an account identical | to an account on W2K. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | changed". | Obviously there is more here than I need to know about, but just curious. > These may help you. > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/prodd ocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/pro ddocs/en-us/file_srv_special.asp > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ipc/base/interp rocess_communications.asp Thanks for the links. I sort of understand IPCs. But I still don't know what the requested password is. Or is there really no password, and the password request is a artifact of no W98 ligin? As long as restrict anonymous access is enabled a valid local account user name and password is required. SignatureRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect | Thanks for the links. I sort of understand IPCs. But I still don't know | what the requested password is. Or is there really no password, and the | password request is a artifact of no W98 ligin? IPC$ is serviced by build-in Guest account on NT based operating systems. So password you are looking for is password of GUEST account. However, this account is build-in - ie. it is existing on every machine - and has no password by default, which is serious security issue even this account has only minimal rights. Due this reason GUEST account is disabled by default on current installations and if you really want to use anonymous access to your computer, you need to enable it first. > > These may help you. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/p roddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/stan dard/proddocs/en-us/file_srv_special.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ipc/base/in terprocess_communications.asp > Thanks for the links. I sort of understand IPCs. But I still don't know > what the requested password is. Or is there really no password, and the > password request is a artifact of no W98 ligin? Try starting the Net Logon service on the W2K box. John >> You'll want to create an account (in Users and Passwords) on the Win2k >> machine(s) with the username and password that you use to logon to the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > changed". > Obviously there is more here than I need to know about, but just curious. |
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