View Full Version : Pass-Protect a Network Workgroup?
lee551
08-24-2005, 09:31 PM
on our campus we can make workgroups and then share files. some of them i have noticed are password protected. i made one with some friends, but i couldn't figure out how to pass-protect them.
help?
sparsely
08-24-2005, 10:01 PM
the workgroups are password-protected, or the files?
lee551
08-24-2005, 10:44 PM
the workgroup was pass-protected. it prompted for a username/pass when i tried to open it.
sparsely
08-25-2005, 09:24 PM
in that case, the workgroup itself is probably not password protected...but rather, it is 'private' and only allows connections by selected users/computers.
Because you are trying to access a protected resource from an a computer or user account that is not a member of the workgroup, you're given the opportunity to authenticate as a user with access rights.
lee551
08-25-2005, 09:51 PM
ok. well is there another way to keep people not in our workgroup from viewing/copying our files?
thanks for the help/info sparsley. :)
sparsely
08-26-2005, 01:28 AM
go to the sharing permissions of your workgroups folders
lee551
08-26-2005, 05:28 AM
nothing really there about password protection.... :ermm:
add only users you want to be allowed into your workgroup as members with full access(allowed to read and write to your folders) and block everyone else off
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