Simple password Protect

I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a "stand-alone"
Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create the share with
appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to access the folder from
any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password, regardless
of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating that Win2k
Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas on how to make this
work.
Thanks in advance for any help !


Steve Haynes

Create a local user account and give it privileges then
have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
specifying the local account..

"Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:
>I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a "stand-alone"
> Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create the share with
> appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to access the folder
> from
> any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
> regardless
> of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating that Win2k
> Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas on how to make this
> work.
> Thanks in advance for any help !

Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The Share "Bob's
Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a local user "Bob" on all 25
workstations, then when the user is on any station, he can browse the network
neighborhood, click on "Bob's Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the server
ask for the credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current user,
then back on as "Bob"??

"Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" wrote:

> Create a local user account and give it privileges then
> have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
> specifying the local account..
>
> "Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:
> >I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a "stand-alone"
> > Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create the share with
> > appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to access the folder
> > from
> > any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
> > regardless
> > of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating that Win2k
> > Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas on how to make this
> > work.
> > Thanks in advance for any help !
>
>
>

I am not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to achieve. I was
assuming you have a domain in place with 25 workstations and 1 standalone
server. If that's the case then the domain user Bob will access all 25
workstations
using his domain account but when he wants to access the standalone server
he
will specify a local account on the standalone machine. Standalone means
exactly
what it says. The machine will use it's local SAM database for local
authentication
so you create a local account on the server for specific access to that
server.

"Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:
> Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The Share
> "Bob's
> Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a local user "Bob" on all
> 25
> workstations, then when the user is on any station, he can browse the
> network
> neighborhood, click on "Bob's Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the
> server
> ask for the credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current
> user,
> then back on as "Bob"??

Steve,

I don't see how you could have reached that conclusion from what Michael
said. There is nor reason to have the username or password on the
workstation.

The username and password for Bob gives access to the folder Bob's
Stuff. No matter what user is logged on to the workstation, running under
the Bob username and password using "connect as" will give you access to
that folder. You could do the same thing from the command line by running a
"net use" command specifying the username and password. All you need to
access the folder on the standalone server is to give it credentials which
are valid on that server.

Steve Haynes wrote:
> Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The
> Share "Bob's Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a local
> user "Bob" on all 25 workstations, then when the user is on any
> station, he can browse the network neighborhood, click on "Bob's
> Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the server ask for the
> credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current user, then
> back on as "Bob"??
>
> "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" wrote:
>
>> Create a local user account and give it privileges then
>> have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
>> specifying the local account..
>>
>> "Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message news:
>>> I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a
>>> "stand-alone" Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create
>>> the share with appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to
>>> access the folder from
>>> any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
>>> regardless
>>> of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating
>>> that Win2k Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas
>>> on how to make this work.
>>> Thanks in advance for any help !

Thanks for all our your support so far.
The server is a windows 2000 server w/sp4 in a "WORKGROUP" not a domain.
All 25 Windows XP pro workstations logon with a local username of "User".
There is a corresponding username of "User" in the local accounts of the
server. I also have a local user on the server called "Bob" I created a
folder on the server called "Bobs Stuff". I then shared the folder as "Bobs
Stuff", removed the "Everyone" permissions, added users "Bob" and
"Administrator" with full R/W access. I went to a workstation (who is logged
in as "user") browsed the network and tried to open "\\server\bobs stuff\".
When I do I get ACCESS DENIED, not a login or any other login options. I
would like it to ask for a password or username/password if possible.

I hope this clears things up and we can find a solution.
Thanks again for all your help.

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> Steve,
>
> I don't see how you could have reached that conclusion from what Michael
> said. There is nor reason to have the username or password on the
> workstation.
>
> The username and password for Bob gives access to the folder Bob's
> Stuff. No matter what user is logged on to the workstation, running under
> the Bob username and password using "connect as" will give you access to
> that folder. You could do the same thing from the command line by running a
> "net use" command specifying the username and password. All you need to
> access the folder on the standalone server is to give it credentials which
> are valid on that server.
>
> Steve Haynes wrote:
> > Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The
> > Share "Bob's Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a local
> > user "Bob" on all 25 workstations, then when the user is on any
> > station, he can browse the network neighborhood, click on "Bob's
> > Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the server ask for the
> > credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current user, then
> > back on as "Bob"??
> >
> > "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Create a local user account and give it privileges then
> >> have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
> >> specifying the local account..
> >>
> >> "Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> >> message news:
> >>> I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a
> >>> "stand-alone" Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create
> >>> the share with appropriate user/group access. However, he wants to
> >>> access the folder from
> >>> any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
> >>> regardless
> >>> of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating
> >>> that Win2k Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas
> >>> on how to make this work.
> >>> Thanks in advance for any help !
>
>
>

That is what I would expect to happen. Even if it asked for a password
you would not be able to do anything. The logged on user does not have valid
credentials for that file.

You have to use one of the methods Michael and I outlined before.

Steve Haynes wrote:
> Thanks for all our your support so far.
> The server is a windows 2000 server w/sp4 in a "WORKGROUP" not a
> domain.
> All 25 Windows XP pro workstations logon with a local username of
> "User". There is a corresponding username of "User" in the local
> accounts of the server. I also have a local user on the server
> called "Bob" I created a folder on the server called "Bobs Stuff".
> I then shared the folder as "Bobs Stuff", removed the "Everyone"
> permissions, added users "Bob" and "Administrator" with full R/W
> access. I went to a workstation (who is logged in as "user") browsed
> the network and tried to open "\\server\bobs stuff\". When I do I get
> ACCESS DENIED, not a login or any other login options. I would like
> it to ask for a password or username/password if possible.
>
> I hope this clears things up and we can find a solution.
> Thanks again for all your help.
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I don't see how you could have reached that conclusion from what
>> Michael said. There is nor reason to have the username or password
>> on the workstation.
>>
>> The username and password for Bob gives access to the folder
>> Bob's Stuff. No matter what user is logged on to the workstation,
>> running under the Bob username and password using "connect as" will
>> give you access to that folder. You could do the same thing from the
>> command line by running a "net use" command specifying the username
>> and password. All you need to access the folder on the standalone
>> server is to give it credentials which are valid on that server.
>>
>> Steve Haynes wrote:
>>> Ok. Let me see if I have this right. If "Bob" is the user. The
>>> Share "Bob's Stuff" will only allow "Bob" R/W access. Create a
>>> local user "Bob" on all 25 workstations, then when the user is on
>>> any station, he can browse the network neighborhood, click on "Bob's
>>> Stuff", then log-in as "Bob" ? Will the server ask for the
>>> credentials everytime? Does he have to logoff the current user,
>>> then back on as "Bob"??
>>>
>>> "Michael Giorgio - MS MVP" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Create a local user account and give it privileges then
>>>> have him connect using the "connect as" feature and
>>>> specifying the local account..
>>>>
>>>> "Steve Haynes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>>> message news:
>>>>> I have a client who wants to access a shared folder on a
>>>>> "stand-alone" Windows 2000 server. It is simple enough to create
>>>>> the share with appropriate user/group access. However, he wants
>>>>> to access the folder from
>>>>> any workstation already logged into the LAN by typing a password,
>>>>> regardless
>>>>> of the current logged in user. I have read other posts stating
>>>>> that Win2k Server has no support for this, but I need other ideas
>>>>> on how to make this work.
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any help !