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12-04-2006

Here are the sharing privileges:

XP Pro - Guest off, shared folders have unrestricted read set at the ACL
level.
XP Home - Guest off, folders shared for read/wirite access, but these
computers mainly are sharing clients.
Linux - Shared folders have full read/write access.

Note that this configuration works perfectly for XP machines - the question
here is what else does Vista require?

I turn Netbios & uPnP off because that is recommended as a security
improvement. It may not be necessary if the router's firewall does its job
and all other local machines remain secure, but (a) as a computer consultant,
I see lots of different computers (some with routers and some without), and
so I run NETBIOS & uPnP off on all machines, all the time, automatically; and
(b) even if the machines are behind this router today, they might not always
be (under a variety of scenarios).

Could you answer the following questions 3-5 from my prior post - which I
feel are the crux of the problem - or perhaps refer my issues to someone who
can?

3. I still haven't figure out how to access any of the shaed folders on the
XP Pro/LLTP machine. When I double-click on the machine of the nework map,
nothing happens. When I type in "//machine name/foldername" on the Run box,
I get "folder inaccessable" error message.

4. I haven't found any way in Vista to see, or access, the other 4 XP
machines at all. How should I do this? Or, stated differently, what I am
not seeing on Vista that I should see?

5. The Linux file server runs Samba, and is designated as the workgroup
browse master. I did this because the server runs 24/7, and so my family
will never have to wait for a workgroup master-browser election. And it
works properly with the XP machines. Would this be making a difference to
Vista?

From an XP user's viewpoint, the problem with Vista is that there is no
"Network Neighborhood" icon or "Network" icon within Windows Explorer. So to
the user, there is no obvious place where one can go to see any
representation of the other workgroup computers.

12-04-2006	#9 (permalink)
pcbiker n/a posts	Re: New Community Column: Windows Vista Home Networking Here are the sharing privileges: XP Pro - Guest off, shared folders have unrestricted read set at the ACL level. XP Home - Guest off, folders shared for read/wirite access, but these computers mainly are sharing clients. Linux - Shared folders have full read/write access. Note that this configuration works perfectly for XP machines - the question here is what else does Vista require? I turn Netbios & uPnP off because that is recommended as a security improvement. It may not be necessary if the router's firewall does its job and all other local machines remain secure, but (a) as a computer consultant, I see lots of different computers (some with routers and some without), and so I run NETBIOS & uPnP off on all machines, all the time, automatically; and (b) even if the machines are behind this router today, they might not always be (under a variety of scenarios). Could you answer the following questions 3-5 from my prior post - which I feel are the crux of the problem - or perhaps refer my issues to someone who can? 3. I still haven't figure out how to access any of the shaed folders on the XP Pro/LLTP machine. When I double-click on the machine of the nework map, nothing happens. When I type in "//machine name/foldername" on the Run box, I get "folder inaccessable" error message. 4. I haven't found any way in Vista to see, or access, the other 4 XP machines at all. How should I do this? Or, stated differently, what I am not seeing on Vista that I should see? 5. The Linux file server runs Samba, and is designated as the workgroup browse master. I did this because the server runs 24/7, and so my family will never have to wait for a workgroup master-browser election. And it works properly with the XP machines. Would this be making a difference to Vista? From an XP user's viewpoint, the problem with Vista is that there is no "Network Neighborhood" icon or "Network" icon within Windows Explorer. So to the user, there is no obvious place where one can go to see any representation of the other workgroup computers.
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