Folder permissions Win xp/active directory

I've setup a small network with Windows 2000 Server on one machine with
active directory. Two other machines are running Win xp pro. Problem is
that one xp machine (A) can't access shared folder on the other xp machine
(B) even though permissions on B have been set for read access. Perhaps
permissions aren't being set properly, because on B I can't access A's list
of users. In the Share Permissions tab when I push <Add...> and click on
<Locations...>, it only shows the local computer, not any of the others on
the network. This happens on B as well, but not on the server. The only way
I can copy files among the computers is to copy to the server first and then
from there to the desired computer. This is a hassle.

Thanks for your attention.

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"Chris Lawrence" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:eJYT$(E-Mail Removed)...
I've setup a small network with Windows 2000 Server on one machine with
active directory. Two other machines are running Win xp pro. Problem is
that one xp machine (A) can't access shared folder on the other xp machine
(B) even though permissions on B have been set for read access. Perhaps
permissions aren't being set properly, because on B I can't access A's list
of users. In the Share Permissions tab when I push <Add...> and click on
<Locations...>, it only shows the local computer, not any of the others on
the network. This happens on B as well, but not on the server. The only way
I can copy files among the computers is to copy to the server first and then
from there to the desired computer. This is a hassle.

Thanks for your attention.

"Chris Lawrence" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eJYT$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've setup a small network with Windows 2000 Server on one machine with
> active directory. Two other machines are running Win xp pro. Problem is
> that one xp machine (A) can't access shared folder on the other xp machine
> (B) even though permissions on B have been set for read access. Perhaps
> permissions aren't being set properly, because on B I can't access A's
list
> of users. In the Share Permissions tab when I push <Add...> and click on
> <Locations...>, it only shows the local computer, not any of the others on
> the network.

It should offer both local computer AND the domain
(not the other 'computers'.)

Not seeing this indicates one of a few things, including:

1) (Local) Machine did not join domain

2) Failure to authenticate (usually DNS problem)

3) Name resolution problem so we can't find a DC
(but this usually leads to #2 also)

> This happens on B as well, but not on the server.

The "server" is the DC so it is unavoidably in the
doman.

Join both machines to the domain.

Logon with a domain account to each machine.

> The only way
> I can copy files among the computers is to copy to the server first and
then
> from there to the desired computer.

That's not the only way (you could explicitly
authenticate with the "other" machine but it's
better to just fix the real -- i.e., domain --
problems).

> This is a hassle.

True, but easily fixable.

Make sure that each client machine is set to
use the INTERNAL DNS server SOLELY on
it's own NIC.

(This means the DNS server will have to forward
or otherwise resolve the Internet names or you
will lose contact with the Internet -- name resolution
anyway.)

Do NOT try to mix internal and external DNS servers
on the NIC of your machines -- including the "server"
itself.

--
Herb Martin


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