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Authenticate to Windows SB Server

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by douglasb

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How would I go about having a user enter their username and password each time they log onto the server? I currently have drives mapped to each user's folder on the server. Thanks.

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by cg it

now if your question was how to require a user name and password for mapped drive access, thats different. please advise just what you want a user to do. require user name and password to log in to the network or user name and password to access a network share.

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by cg it

log on to your domain controller. open up administrative tools, domain security policy. Enable the require CTL+ALT+DEL requirement for log on. Might as well do that for the domain controller as well while your in there. Also, enable the do not show last user name in log on. kinda a waste to require a user name and password when the user name shows in the log on box.

by cg it

and heck might as well set the account policies and lockout policies, password complexity and encryption.

by douglasb

I want the user to log onto the server. The users will also have mapped drives. Thanks.

by is girl

If by Windows SB Server you mean Small Business Server, you need to join your users and their computers to the domain.
Small Business Servers is easy because it includes lots of wizards that walk you through basic tasks step by step.
While logged on to the Small Business Servers (SBS) as the Administrator, click the start button and select the Administrator Console.
Once the console opens, I recommend you start with the "To Do" list is you are a novice. This menu lets you start wizards to perform most activities including setting up users. The process of setting up users requries that you enter a user name and password, their computer name and that you save their setup files to a diskette, which you will use to set up their computer to log onto the domain automatically.

SBS is a slightly different animal than "regular" Windows Servers, but it's actually easier once you become familiar with the Admin Console.

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