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by dberlind

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If I share directories on an NT box with people on the LAN, how do I grant them access if they are not explicitly added as a user to the NT box? One of the problems I am having is that the users cannot even get to the point where they can select a directory to map a drive to, attempt to map it, and be asked for a user id and password. Could this have something to do with my attempt to do this over TCP/IP only?

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by shmaltz

It has nothing to do with the fact that its over TCP/IP.
The reason is b/c the user trying to access the resource does not have the permission to access it.
To work around this; add the users name to the NT machine (if its on a domain than make sure your computer is added to domain and select the user from the domain list of users) and grant the user permission for the sahre.
You can also share it for the everyone group that way you dont have to add the user.
Also make sure that the NTFS permission (if thats your file system) is also set for every one.

by amoisant

It seems that the problem you are having is with your share level permissions. I would set the share permissions to the group "everyone" and use NTFS to secure the folder. This would allow your users to access the resource with a username and password supplied by you. Remeber that if you set permissions the Least restrictive has priority so, if in the share you only give Read access, but in NTFS you give Full Control, the user will have Read access

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