File Sharing Problem

21 Oct 2006 11:53 AM

whomaniac

This is weird i can't figure it out...

I have 2 computers set up on a wired network using a hub. One computer runs
on Windows XP Pro, the other on Windows 98. I can share most of the files
that are in the designated shared directories but not all. The one directory
that gives me trouble is in my Win Xp machine:
D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents

Under this folder i have the regular My Music and My Videos subfolders. Some
of the files under these subfolders cannot be accessed through my Win98 PC at
all but others can!

For Example I can open, move, or delete "She Will Be Loved.mp3" but can't do
the same for "La Bamba.mid" or "In Da Club.mp3" even though they're located
in the same place!

I can see the files but i can't manipulate them.

Also weird: when i moved on my Win XP PC "La Bamba.mid" from "my music" up
to the parent "documents" folder, i managed to share it with my second PC. So
the problem isn't with the file. However, if the location is bad how can i
open up some files while not being able to open up others?

Please Help

21 Oct 2006 1:54 PM

Chuck

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:53:01 -0700, whomaniac
<whoman***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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>This is weird i can't figure it out...
>
>I have 2 computers set up on a wired network using a hub. One computer runs
>on Windows XP Pro, the other on Windows 98. I can share most of the files
>that are in the designated shared directories but not all. The one directory
>that gives me trouble is in my Win Xp machine:
>D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
>
>Under this folder i have the regular My Music and My Videos subfolders. Some
>of the files under these subfolders cannot be accessed through my Win98 PC at
>all but others can!
>
>For Example I can open, move, or delete "She Will Be Loved.mp3" but can't do
>the same for "La Bamba.mid" or "In Da Club.mp3" even though they're located
>in the same place!
>
>I can see the files but i can't manipulate them.
>
>Also weird: when i moved on my Win XP PC "La Bamba.mid" from "my music" up
>to the parent "documents" folder, i managed to share it with my second PC. So
>the problem isn't with the file. However, if the location is bad how can i
>open up some files while not being able to open up others?
>
>Please Help

With Microsoft Windows and NTFS permissioning, depending upon how you create and
move files, you can end up with different permissions on those files. You need
to check permissions on all files, and make sure that they are identical.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html

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