I have a folder to which I want to allow read access from other machines on my home network, but no access from other machines on my office network. But XP does not seem to have permissions that are so granular as to allow access within certain networks or only by certain computers. Unless I am missing something, which is why I am here.
Can I control network access to my folder the way I want?
This is very helpful, thanks. I will give this a try.
I was able to set up sharing but when I go to give specific permission, I get a dialog that says, “Select Users or Groups.” The box labeled “From this location” is filled in with the name of this computer, and does not allow me to select other locations. I need to allow Administrator from another computer to have read access to this folder. There is a Locations… button to select other locations but when I press it, it lists only this computer name.
So I was able to disable Simple Sharing but then not able to set the specific permission I want.
In order to add permissions for another account, your computer has to be able to “see” the the computer where that account is stored and confirm the account credentials. Generally speaking, this means you can only add accounts that are on the same domain*. If the computers are in the same workgroup, you might be able to add sharing permissions for an account on one computer to files/folders on another. However, the other computer would have to be on and have network connectivity – if you can’t see it in the Locations window, your computer might not be able to see it at all.
*I’m not sure about accounts in other domains in the same forest, but I assume you’d need to have trusts set up between them.
I can see the other computer and its shared content using Windows Explorer under Network. Neither network is set up using Windows domains (at least the way I’ve used them before in an enterprise network).