Issues with file sharing authorization

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Urobo[l]us

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Hi, there me again with more questions. I read what I could find on this subject in the forum, but am still having problems. Here's what is going on.

One computer, called MAIN, is hardwired into a D-Link DIR-615 router. The other computer, called MUSIC (I use it to write music hence the name), is on a wireless adapter D-Link DWA-130. I used the Network Setup Wizard to setup a workgroup called CNJVLH on both computers. The files I marked to share on MUSIC I can access from MAIN with no problem, but the hard drive I marked on MAIN to share I cannot access with MUSIC. I keep getting warnings that I am not authorized to access it. I’ve tried to turning off firewalls (Windows) and antivirus (Avast) on both computers, but regardless, Windows Firewall authorizes file and printer sharing on both computers and still get the warning. Typing \\MAIN\”hard drive letter” still results in a no authorization warning as well.

What am I missing? Something I have to setup in router?

Thanks again for the help!
 
What are the OS's? Have you allowed file sharing on the vista machine in "network and sharing center"?
 
Oops, forgot one of the most important parts. Both computers are XP Home and have file/printer sharing enabled in the firewall.
 
Both computers should have the same exact settings, but I haven't checked that. Some website says to boot up in Safe Mode and logon as Admin to change this; is this correct?

I'll check that when I get home.

Thanks,

Chesli
 
Ok, found out how to set permissions and currently it is set for "everyone". I didn't see the computer MUSIC on there, so I tried to add it, but it wouldn't let me because it said it couldn't find it.

I've tried just about everything in the book to solve this problem, but no luck.

Thanks,

Chesli
 
Throwing in the towel on this one. :mad: It'd be nice to get this too work, but I've tried about every method I could find on the internet to no avail. Sounds like it is a pretty common problem with XP Home, surprised Microsoft hasn't released a definitive fix for it.
 
Nope, I'm sharing an entire hard drive so it shouldn't need to be in the shared folder, just needs to be marked for sharing. Regardless, MUSIC doesn't even show the Shared Folder on MAIN which it should even if it is empty.

Thanks
 
Urobo[l]us;991944 said:
Hi, there me again with more questions. I read what I could find on this subject in the forum, but am still having problems. Here's what is going on.

One computer, called MAIN, is hardwired into a D-Link DIR-615 router. The other computer, called MUSIC (I use it to write music hence the name), is on a wireless adapter D-Link DWA-130. I used the Network Setup Wizard to setup a workgroup called CNJVLH on both computers. The files I marked to share on MUSIC I can access from MAIN with no problem, but the hard drive I marked on MAIN to share I cannot access with MUSIC. I keep getting warnings that I am not authorized to access it. I’ve tried to turning off firewalls (Windows) and antivirus (Avast) on both computers, but regardless, Windows Firewall authorizes file and printer sharing on both computers and still get the warning. Typing \\MAIN\”hard drive letter” still results in a no authorization warning as well.

What am I missing? Something I have to setup in router?

Thanks again for the help!
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All you need to do is enable file and print sharing. Then go to your music folder right click on it and share it, and set the access control to it, drwx-rwx-r-x or whatever you want it to be.

Then each computer must be on the same subnet and on the same work group. If all are hooked up to a router then they should be on the same subnet, period.

Now, SMB (which is what windows uses for file sharing) does not use drive letters, period. That is because you would have duplicate drive letters on the local and networked machine all the time. So, when you use MS absolute paths it would be like this:

\\Computername\share

in the information you gave it would be...

\\main\music

You must authenticate to do so. So, you must set permissions on the share to allow certain people/users access to it.
 
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