On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:34:14 +0200, Aaron <aamehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi, > >I am writing for my winxp friend. >I suceeded to set my end up. >but your directions for setting permissions on his xp box don't fit what >he sees. > >He can't find any dialog box for setting permission. > >Boy I wish there was a commond line way for changing users and >permissions. >Or how does he set permissions he finds no button and I once had win2k >but he can't find permission stuff. > >Help >Aaron if your friend is using XP-Home, he can't set user permissions for shares, but can set password permissions. If he's using XP-Pro, he can do it either way, but needs to turn off "simple file sharing". See http://www.jsiinc.com/subi/tip4400/rh4487.htm and http://www.jsiinc.com/subi/tip4300/rh4312.htm >From the XP command line, type "net help share" to see how to share a directory. e.g., net share music="c:\my music" Or, from Explorer, right click on a directory, select PROPERTIES, then click the SHARING tab. -- Steve
