Small network
 

Hi there,

I have a small network in office using 1 Windows Server and and other Win XP pro machines. In all we have about 17 computers all working on XPpro , connected to Win2003. Since Win2003 is our main server, I don't want users to store any files etc in on the Server HDD. I have a decicated XPpro with 500GB HDD and I want to allocate space for each users. Currently my staff are using a common login to access our main software and from there they connect to the network drive. I am not sure if all XPpro are on NTFS, but I could convert all of them to NTFS.
Since all are using common login, how can I restrict access to the folders ?
I want to creat folders which can have limited space and only one person with full access and others with read-only access.

Regards
Nitin

Windows XP can run in FAT32, but it prefers NTFS and that is likely what they are.
This common account is it an administrator account or a limited account?

The group or user should already exist, and the process should be as simple as modifying the sharing options:
On the server machine, under my computer, right click the drive you want to protect and selct properties.
choose the security tab
Make sure that accounts, other than the Owner, Administrator, and system do not have write privilages.

If this does not solve the problem, you may need to create a group for your account and do the same for it. This can be done in
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management
under the local users section.
*do not forget to add the user account to this group.