file sharing software?

wesley · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:14

am looking for a file sharing software to replace the crappy sharing thingy in winXP, i want more powerful management to control which folder(s) can be shared or not, access permission for each user(s)

any software you'd recommend? i had a look at http://www.networkmagic.com/ but its 100% poo

thanks

A[L]C · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:25

is this for internal or external sharing? would some ftp server software be suitable?

wesley · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:36

just LAN sharing, sorry should've said it in first post

The_KiD · 12 Sep 2006 at 14:48

Then windows file sharing is the best you can get lol.

right click on the folder you wanna share, select properties, click sharing tab, choose whether you wanna allow network users to be able to change your files or not and bingo...job done!

For someone to access those files, they simply START > RUN > \\yourpcname

sorted!

wesley · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:15

i want better than this

i dont want my girlfriend to able to see my porn collection on file server lol she will be access to the music shared folder but dont want her to see this "pr0n" folder lol

GM@N · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:34

wesley said:
i want better than this

i dont want my girlfriend to able to see my porn collection on file server lol she will be access to the music shared folder but dont want her to see this "pr0n" folder lol

Then just dont give her permissions to view the folder?

wesley · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:37

how?

got 4 shared folders, files, video, music and this naughty folder

my girlfriend access to video/music files by //server/

and it'll show all all shared folders which will get me into trouble lol

marc2003 · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:40

wesley said:
how?

this requires seperate user accounts. of course if you're leaving yourself logged in whilst she uses the computer, then that does make life a little more difficult....

wesley · 12 Sep 2006 at 15:41

she got her own laptop

MTA99 · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:29

If you think she'll react badly to seeing your pr0n then ditch her and find a girl who likes the pr0n.

On the other hand......if the pr0n is "specialist interest" and she bolts its nothing more than you deserve you sick sick man!!

marc2003 · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:35

wesley said:
she got her own laptop

well unshare the folder. you can still access it using admin shares. that basically means you can browse a whole drive on a pc using a $ after the drive letter. example....

\\server\c$ will give complete access to the c drive
\\server\f$ will give complete access to the f drive

of course you need full admin rights to do this and they do not show up when browsing "my network places" or anything like that.

Seft · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:37

or just share the porn as \porn$

A[L]C · 12 Sep 2006 at 16:55

Seft said:
or just share the porn as \porn$