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Can't access resources on NT box

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by tgleason 1 view

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I have a small peer to peer network in a workgroup not a domain structure. I have one NT box in the same workgroup with 3 win98 boxes. i can see the NT box in network neighborhood but when I try to access its resources (shared folder,or printers) itwill ask me for the password to the IPC$. How do I share resources on NT in a workgroup structure where other machines can access its resources?

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by turambar386

if you aren't too worried about security, simply enable the guest account on the NT machine with a blank password.

by msgtray

You need to create a user account on the NT box for each user (not machine) for which you want to enable access. The users must use this user account and password to access their own Win98 computer. (If security is not a concern, you can set the passwords to or a common password like "12345")

The bottom line is that NT is going to check each network resource request against it's SAM (security accounts manager). If the credentials (user ID AND password) do not match an authorized user, NT will reject the request and ask for an IPC$ (Inter-Process Communication) password.

You CAN enable the "Guest" user account on the NT box for total anonymous access. However, in order to make this access usefull you would have to adjust the default NT permissions. In your situation, I would recommend against this course of action.

I have several small clients that run NT as a peer-to-peer server. Your problem is not uncommon.

Ray

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