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Accessing a hidden share without an account on the local machinenot understanding? Situation: a) a whole building of users (all on same subnet) b) I have some files in a share that I want everyone in my building to see, but the share is hidden (eg. MyFiles$) because I don't want it to show up in My Network Places. c) Accessing hidden shares works perfectly if I use an account/passwd on that machine. But I want it to use the Guest logon (yes, I know that this is not the same Guest as what shows up under the account manager). d) Attempting to access shares (either hidden or non-hidden) from a computer without a matching userid brings up a box asking for a userid/password (*here* is the problem). e) The only firewall on the system is the one built into Windows. Looking at the Firewall settings shows a checkmark next to "File and Printer Sharing" in the Exceptions tab. The ports open in that are TCP 139, TCP 445, UDP 137, & UDP 138 (all with a scope of "any"). f) Simple file sharing is turned OFF Turning on "simple file sharing" (and sharing the folder non-hidden with the box "allow network users to change my files" checked - and it shows "Windows Firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared with other computers on the network"), results in the message "\\computer is not accessable. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact the administrator... blah blah blah." -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-bar***@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes Computer Systems Manager MSN IM: ch***@txbarnes.com Department of Physics ph: 979-845-7801 Texas A&M University fax: 979-845-2590 There is nothing special about hidden shares, other than that they're hidden.
You should be able to access the hidden share with net use (drive:) \\server\share$ /user:username password An oft-overlooked aspect of guest networking is that it only applies if NO user-account on the server matches that which the client specifies. In other words, a 'real' account is still used in preference to Guest. This can cause denial of access if the real account has less priveleges than Guest. I wonder if this might be your problem? ------------------------------- An alternative approach to XP network logon - http://mylogon.net
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:09:41 -0500, "Chris Barnes" <chris-bar***@tamu.edu> Chris,wrote: >Are there issues about accessing a hidden share in WinXP (pro) that I'm >not understanding? > >Situation: >a) a whole building of users (all on same subnet) > >b) I have some files in a share that I want everyone in my building to >see, but the share is hidden (eg. MyFiles$) because I don't want it to >show up in My Network Places. > >c) Accessing hidden shares works perfectly if I use an account/passwd on >that machine. But I want it to use the Guest logon (yes, I know that >this is not the same Guest as what shows up under the account manager). > >d) Attempting to access shares (either hidden or non-hidden) from a >computer without a matching userid brings up a box asking for a >userid/password (*here* is the problem). > >e) The only firewall on the system is the one built into Windows. Looking >at the Firewall settings shows a checkmark next to "File and Printer >Sharing" in the Exceptions tab. The ports open in that are TCP 139, TCP >445, UDP 137, & UDP 138 (all with a scope of "any"). > >f) Simple file sharing is turned OFF >Turning on "simple file sharing" (and sharing the folder non-hidden with >the box "allow network users to change my files" checked - and it shows >"Windows Firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared with >other computers on the network"), results in the message "\\computer is >not accessable. You might not have permission to use the network >resource. Contact the administrator... blah blah blah." Check the restrictanonymous setting. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html And make sure that Guest is properly activated for network access. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. Chuck <n***@example.net> wrote:
> Check the restrictanonymous setting. Thank you very much. The first link was exactly what I needed.> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html > > And make sure that Guest is properly activated for network access. > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes chris-bar***@tamu.edu Yahoo IM: chrisnbarnes Computer Systems Manager MSN IM: ch***@txbarnes.com Department of Physics ph: 979-845-7801 Texas A&M University fax: 979-845-2590
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:11:05 -0500, "Chris Barnes" <chris-bar***@tamu.edu> And restrictanonymous strikes again. Thanks for the feedback.wrote: >Chuck <n***@example.net> wrote: >> Check the restrictanonymous setting. >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html >> >> And make sure that Guest is properly activated for network access. >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate > > >Thank you very much. The first link was exactly what I needed. -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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