sharing a folder

Dilipganesh

In a work group we have different clients like windows 2000, windows 98.
when client 98 tries to view a shared folder in client 2000, its asking for password.But we havent set any password for clients.

Can anyone give me an idea how to fix this problem.
Thanks.

elover_jm

Create user accounts on each client machine of the users in your workgroup. Then give permission to those users (During the process of creating a share folder) to acccess the shared folder on the win 2000 client machine.

royal

When acccessing shares across computers, you have to have a password. This is due to a group policy. Go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options. You will see a setting named, "Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only." If you disable this setting, you can access shares across the network without the need for passwords. Of course this is discouraged, and the best thing to do is to add the user accounts to both systems with passwords, but this is achievable without the use of passwords.

Also, if you don't want the password prompt to come up, adding the username/password on both systems will work. If you are on system1 with a username of Bob and you are connecting to system2, if system2 has that same username of Bob, you will not be prompted for a password since you are logged on as Bob on system1 and system2 has the credentials for the Bob account. If system1 is logged on as Bob and system2 does not have a username of Bob, Bob on system1 will be prompted for a username/password but you can still authenticate with a different username/password that has priviledges on the share you are trying to access.