Workgroup private shares?

How can I setup privates shares on the server that only the specific user can
see and access? I also want to be able to map that share locally on the
clients PC to Z: drive

I am using Server 2003 sp1 in a workgroup without Actvie Directory

In newsCD7DD9E-403F-47FD-A43B-(E-Mail Removed),
Stephen <(E-Mail Removed)> stated, which I commented on
below:
> How can I setup privates shares on the server that only the specific
> user can see and access? I also want to be able to map that share
> locally on the clients PC to Z: drive
>
> I am using Server 2003 sp1 in a workgroup without Actvie Directory

Since the scenario is a workgroup, you would first either create identical
user accounts/pwds to the user accounts the users are logging on to their
own PCs that has permissions to access the shares/folders so they don't get
prompted for credentials, or create one user account that will be used for
credentials when you map to the share.

Share the folder. Rt-click the folder, select Sharing and Security, click on
Share this folder', in the permissions, (to keep it simple), you can either
leave it as Users:Read, or if you want to allow them to change stuff, give
Users:Change. Under the Security tab, mimic that.

To map a share, there are a number of ways. One way - Thru the GUI, you can
rt-click My Computer, Map Network Drive, supply the UNC
(\\servername\sharename) and choose Z: drive. If you need to supply
credentials for that single user account you created (from above if you want
to do it that way), click on "Connect using a different user name" and
supply the credentials as \\servername\UsernameYouCreatedOnThatMachine, and
give it the password. If you created identical accounts, skip that step. To
make it reconnect each time a user logs on, make sure "Reconnect at logon"
is checked.

If the firewall is turned on, you will need to either allow File and Print
Sharing or disable the firewall.

I hope that helped.

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"Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsCD7DD9E-403F-47FD-A43B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can I setup privates shares on the server that only the specific user
> can
> see and access? I also want to be able to map that share locally on the
> clients PC to Z: drive
>
> I am using Server 2003 sp1 in a workgroup without Actvie Directory

In addition to the other poster,

When sharing the drive on the server, you can put a $ after the name of the
share
and this will make it invisible when users browse the network. You can
still
map the drive by using Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Map network Drive
and putting in the full share name (\\servername\sharename$).

moncho