Server 2003 - File Sharing

[feenster99]

Hi all,
I'm supporting a customer who has a Windows 2003 server. It's not running Active Directory, so is just running as a file server. They want to split the company's data into seperate chunks that can be protected from the other users (e.g., Directors, Sales, Technical).

I was planning on setting up 3 users on the Server with the above usernames, then setting the shared folders with appropriate permissions. I then want to set it up so that when the user accesses a protected folder, they are asked for the username/password for the first time in the session. I know this is possible as it's the default action for accessing some shares - however, I can't get the shares setup like this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Matt

 

[feenster99]

Hit some complications when i was trying to set this up today. The person who set it up original didn't install Active Directory, and has put the Server in a different workgroup to the client PC's. Unfortunately, it's too far to travel (and out of my remit) to sort this out, so I have to make do.

However, i disabled Simple File Sharing, setup a user on the server called "sales", and created a new share called "Shared" - I gave this full control for the sales user, and removed all other permissions. However, when I tried to connect, I just get an access denied error. Am I missing something really obvious?

Matt

 

[feenster99]

Mr.bond - that is quite obscure! I remember hearing about this in connection with Win98 however. I should be able to just create the groups on the server then, match the usernames/passwords and it should work.

Many thanks for your help - i'll give it a go later this week.

Matt