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by sue t

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The set up is Windows XP sp2, server is NT4 sp6. All computers have the same user account names and passwords. The computers are in a domain but users log on to the computer locally. I set up a shared folder on one of the computers but no one can access it from another computer when they have logged onto the computer locally but they can access it if they log on through the domain. When they try to access the folder when logged on to the computer locally they get a window say access denied and possibly not having permission. I need to find a way so users can log on to their computer locally and still be able to access the shared folder on the other computer. I know there must be a way in order to do this, but how?

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by jj2000

Sue,
I might be missing something.. but if the users are not logging into the network, how are they supposed to access a shared folder that's not local? They'll have to be authenticated on the network somehow (if that's how this is setup) so use shared resources.

jj

by sue t

Poster rated this answer. I wanted to have them log on using the domain user on their computer but our consultant said we are not to do this. Why he is saying this I don't know becausse that explanation was never handed down to me. I am just supposed to make this work.

by sgt_shultz

is there an account in the domain for each pc.
Is there a domain account for the user account being used? try adding that account to the domain then giving it full control in the permissions on the shared folder (and subfolders) if no joy, try giving full rights to the Everyone group in the folder permissions on the domain share. they should at least get prompted to login to the domain share.

by lowlands

for the users to have access to shares when they only log on locally, the permissions on both the files and shares will have to allow the "everyone" group to have rights.

by sue t

Poster rated this answer. I had given "everyone" full permissions to this folder and everything in it.

by zlitocook

Are the users logging in with limited accounts or are they the local computers administrators? They should be able to get to the network for this to work.

by sue t

Poster rated this answer. They have limited accounts. They are able to get to the network, just not the shared folder on another workstation computer.

by sue t

I found out that they could not access the folder because there isn't a password used for that user. I went into gpedit and in Computer Config/ Windows Settings/Security Settings/Local Policies/ Security Options I disbled Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only. This took care of the problem. Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond.

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