On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:12:00 -0700, DonR <DonR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:44:01 -0700, DonR <DonR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Environment
>> >Windows XP Pro Peer to Peer server with easy file sharing
>> >Multiple (3) XP Pro Clients
>> >Multiple Vista (2) Business Clients
>> >
>> >There are no problems with win XP pro clients and the Win XP Pro peer to
>> >peer server.
>> >
>> >The windows vista business clients can save a file from word 2007, excel
>> >2007, vista's notepad, or vista's wordpad to their respective XP Pro server
>> >user diretory.
>> >
>> >The following error occurs - In vista's windows explorer if you try to
>> >create a file, rename an existing file, or rename an existing directory.
>> >"\\WinXPProPeertoPeerServer\user\My Doucments\folder does not exist. The
>> >file may have been moved or deleted." " Do you want to creat it?"
>> >
>> >Don Raymond
>>
>> Don,
>>
>> The "... \user\My Doucments\ ..." folder tree is user personal. Are you
>> authenticating to the server as Guest, or with a specific non-Guest account?
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest
>Thank you for you taking the time to respond.
>The users files on the xp pro peer to peer are stored in
>...\user\username\... not username\My Documents\...
>
>The ...user\username\... created and shared with "use simple file sharing"
>and works fine for the XP clients. The actual "Network Sharing and Security"
>settings are "share this folder on the network" and "Allow network users to
>change my files"
>
>There should be no need for user names or profiles to be created on the xp
>peer to peer with "simple file sharing".
>
>Thanky Don
So the folder in question is "\user\username\", not "username\My Documents\".
So why does Vista report "\user\My Doucments\"?
Anyway, you can permission the Security on a folder, to allow anyone to read and
change any files in any folders. With Guest being used for Sharing (network
access), any files in the "\user\" folder structure aren't going to be
accessible, without major tweaking.
Only the owner of the folder will have share access. Since Guest is the only
account used for sharing, under SFS, the owner won't have access.
Read about Security vs Sharing permissions.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...orisation.html
And about the limitations of Guest only access.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest
BTW, top posting, combined with using a delimited signature (starting with a
line "-- ") is counter productive.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#TopPosting>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...tml#TopPosting
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [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.