Public Folder Sharing between Vista laptops

I've been fighting this for days. I thought it should be simple but it
doesn't seem so.

I've enbled Public File sharing, and declared the Public folder shared. I
figure this should give users on both computers access to each other's
Public folder ? If the damn LAN behaves I can get to the Public folder, so I
think this is correct.

Now this Permissions business has me baffled. Supposedly you create user
accounts of the same type and name on each computer (**** & Jane). What I
can't figure out is how to configure PC1 to permit **** on PC2 access to a
file crreated in the Public folder by **** or Jane on PC1. **** on PC1 is
not necessarily the same guy as **** on PC2 and I am not permitted to enter
**** on PC2 in the list of users permitted access to PC1 (I can only add PC1
names)

Or do home networks just assume that all user names are unique identifiers ?

Think I had an IP reognition problem, not a permissives problem. I wouldn't
mind some clarification aroud Permissives however.


"Warren" <fakeaddress@fakemail.com> wrote in message
news:%23GlR95GEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I've been fighting this for days. I thought it should be simple but it
> doesn't seem so.
>
> I've enbled Public File sharing, and declared the Public folder shared. I
> figure this should give users on both computers access to each other's
> Public folder ? If the damn LAN behaves I can get to the Public folder, so
> I think this is correct.
>
> Now this Permissions business has me baffled. Supposedly you create user
> accounts of the same type and name on each computer (**** & Jane). What I
> can't figure out is how to configure PC1 to permit **** on PC2 access to a
> file crreated in the Public folder by **** or Jane on PC1. **** on PC1 is
> not necessarily the same guy as **** on PC2 and I am not permitted to
> enter **** on PC2 in the list of users permitted access to PC1 (I can only
> add PC1 names)
>
> Or do home networks just assume that all user names are unique identifiers
> ?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.
A very good article.

--
Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia


"Warren" wrote:

> Think I had an IP reognition problem, not a permissives problem. I wouldn't
> mind some clarification aroud Permissives however.
>
>
> "Warren" <fakeaddress@fakemail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23GlR95GEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > I've been fighting this for days. I thought it should be simple but it
> > doesn't seem so.
> >
> > I've enbled Public File sharing, and declared the Public folder shared. I
> > figure this should give users on both computers access to each other's
> > Public folder ? If the damn LAN behaves I can get to the Public folder, so
> > I think this is correct.
> >
> > Now this Permissions business has me baffled. Supposedly you create user
> > accounts of the same type and name on each computer (**** & Jane). What I
> > can't figure out is how to configure PC1 to permit **** on PC2 access to a
> > file crreated in the Public folder by **** or Jane on PC1. **** on PC1 is
> > not necessarily the same guy as **** on PC2 and I am not permitted to
> > enter **** on PC2 in the list of users permitted access to PC1 (I can only
> > add PC1 names)
> >
> > Or do home networks just assume that all user names are unique identifiers
> > ?
>
>

Yes that's a pretty good article. Thank you.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40867C41-586D-4034-A250-A711B848D5BE@microsoft.com...
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>
> Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
>
> Permissions/Share info is there as well.
> A very good article.
>
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia
>
>
> "Warren" wrote:
>
>> Think I had an IP reognition problem, not a permissives problem. I
>> wouldn't
>> mind some clarification aroud Permissives however.
>>
>>
>> "Warren" <fakeaddress@fakemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23GlR95GEJHA.5732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > I've been fighting this for days. I thought it should be simple but it
>> > doesn't seem so.
>> >
>> > I've enbled Public File sharing, and declared the Public folder shared.
>> > I
>> > figure this should give users on both computers access to each other's
>> > Public folder ? If the damn LAN behaves I can get to the Public folder,
>> > so
>> > I think this is correct.
>> >
>> > Now this Permissions business has me baffled. Supposedly you create
>> > user
>> > accounts of the same type and name on each computer (**** & Jane).
>> > What I
>> > can't figure out is how to configure PC1 to permit **** on PC2 access
>> > to a
>> > file crreated in the Public folder by **** or Jane on PC1. **** on PC1
>> > is
>> > not necessarily the same guy as **** on PC2 and I am not permitted to
>> > enter **** on PC2 in the list of users permitted access to PC1 (I can
>> > only
>> > add PC1 names)
>> >
>> > Or do home networks just assume that all user names are unique
>> > identifiers
>> > ?
>>
>>