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Networking XP with 98 with security!

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by tobej

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Hi there,

Need to network 3 XP Pc's / 2 98 Se Pc together... They are in there own workgroup, and need to have access to a DB... This DB needs to be secure from any other users. We alrady have the networking done so that the Pc see each other, but when we do this everyone else "Out side of the workgroup" can see the share and has access to it..

Any ideas?

Tx

Toby

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by magetower

This is just a general answer as I don't know the specifics of your setup...

If the DB is on one of the 98 systems the only way to secure the share is place a password on it.

The DB really needs to be on one of the XP systems (preferrably XP Pro). Then you need to disable simple file sharing on the XP box and place user accounts on the XP system that matches the logins used on the 98 and other XP systems. Make sure the Everyone group is removed from the permissions for either the share orthe file directory and the users needing access are added.

Another thing to do is place a $ on the end of the share name to make it hidden.

later,

by tobej

Thanks for the help... I should have been more descriptive on the last post, the Win XP Pc holds the DB, so we are trying to get the other XP / WIN 98 pc's to connect to the "main" workstation with security... All using a workgroup.Tx

by dynamikcomputers

If you really want security step one you must NOT have a FAT32 file system computer attached on you r network. that means that he WIN98 has to go. Security and FAT32 are not in the same leagues even. Bite the bullet on this for security reasons alone buy a few more xp pro licenses. if yu have a few archaic programs run them in emulation mode until you can get the newer versions.

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