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Win95 sharing files with NT4 problems

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by francis.kiley

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I am having trouble with some win95 pcs not being allowed to use a shared nt4 work station folder.
When the pc tries to access the nt it denies use.
All of the permissions are ok.
I can even mount the folder from the pc and I still donot get access.

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by curlergirl

Is the share name of the folder possibly too long? Win95 workstations will have problems connecting to share names that are longer than 12 characters. Hope this helps!

by xanderoth

I would make sure that the NT Workstation has the username of the win95 machine added and is given correct permissions and that the 95 machine did not escape the login.

by green lantern

You don't say what, if any, error message you get when connecting.
To establish connectivity in a workgroup using NT 4.0 and win9x, you must use login ids on the win9x computers that are the same as on the nt 4.0 workstation. Userid and password must be the same and the user must have access to both the share and NTFS security access (if you are using NTFS).

ralph

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