- controlling access to files over network
- Posted by Spoon2001 on October 8th, 2005
When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my desktop
.... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop computer ...
At the same time, I want other users on my home network to have only limited
access ... to be able to read/write only certain folders/files that I
choose.
Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
thanks
- Posted by Chuck on October 8th, 2005
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:11:23 -0500, "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my desktop
>... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop computer ...
>
>At the same time, I want other users on my home network to have only limited
>access ... to be able to read/write only certain folders/files that I
>choose.
>
>Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>
>thanks
With XP Home, Simple File Sharing, and Guest authentication, all shared
resources are equally accessible to everybody. It's not possible to limit
network access to some resources, to some accounts.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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- Posted by Philip Ashley on October 9th, 2005
i use ftp for this, with different accounts having flexible access
a good one from filezilla, server and client
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
hth
philip ashley
"Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23VEq7UFzFHA.1364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my desktop
> ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop computer ...
>
> At the same time, I want other users on my home network to have only
> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain folders/files
> that I choose.
>
> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>
> thanks
>
- Posted by Spoon2001 on October 9th, 2005
Chuck wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 17:11:23 -0500, "Spoon2001"
> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my
>> desktop ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop
>> computer ...
>>
>> At the same time, I want other users on my home network to have only
>> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain
>> folders/files that I
>> choose.
>>
>> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>>
>> thanks
>
> With XP Home, Simple File Sharing, and Guest authentication, all
> shared resources are equally accessible to everybody. It's not
> possible to limit network access to some resources, to some accounts.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
Thanks Chuck ... I will read your webpage thoroughly.
- Posted by Spoon2001 on October 9th, 2005
Philip Ashley wrote:
> i use ftp for this, with different accounts having flexible access
>
> a good one from filezilla, server and client
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
>
> hth
>
> philip ashley
>
> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23VEq7UFzFHA.1364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my
>> desktop ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop
>> computer ... At the same time, I want other users on my home network to
>> have only
>> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain
>> folders/files that I choose.
>>
>> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>>
>> thanks
Philip -
So if I set up Filezilla client on laptop, and Filezilla server on desktop,
I can access any file on my desktop from my laptop? Even if the file on the
desktop / server isn't "shared" by Win XP?
- Posted by Philip Ashley on October 9th, 2005
yes, any file can be accessed that has been given permissions in the ftp
server
hth
philip ashley
"Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:OkcskDHzFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Philip Ashley wrote:
>> i use ftp for this, with different accounts having flexible access
>>
>> a good one from filezilla, server and client
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
>>
>> hth
>>
>> philip ashley
>>
>> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:%23VEq7UFzFHA.1364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my
>>> desktop ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop
>>> computer ... At the same time, I want other users on my home network to
>>> have only
>>> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain
>>> folders/files that I choose.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>>>
>>> thanks
>
> Philip -
>
> So if I set up Filezilla client on laptop, and Filezilla server on
> desktop, I can access any file on my desktop from my laptop? Even if the
> file on the desktop / server isn't "shared" by Win XP?
>
- Posted by Spoon2001 on October 9th, 2005
Philip, I think I've finally solved my firewall problems to get Filezilla
client/server working on my wireless LAN ...
Sorry to keep bugging you but here's another question.
When you want to want to use your client computer to work with a file on the
server computer, do you download the file to your client, or do you
edit/view the server file in place?
I see the View/Edit option on the right click menu in FileZilla but it seems
that to do this you have to type in a "Custom File Association" into the
FileZilla dialog box. This seems strange, I wonder why FZ doesn't just use
the default file associations on the client computer? Have you found an
easier way?
Thanks again for any help. This has been interesting.
Philip Ashley wrote:
> yes, any file can be accessed that has been given permissions in the
> ftp server
>
> hth
>
> philip ashley
>
> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:OkcskDHzFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Philip Ashley wrote:
>>> i use ftp for this, with different accounts having flexible access
>>>
>>> a good one from filezilla, server and client
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
>>>
>>> hth
>>>
>>> philip ashley
>>>
>>> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:%23VEq7UFzFHA.1364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my
>>>> desktop ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop
>>>> computer ... At the same time, I want other users on my home
>>>> network to have only
>>>> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain
>>>> folders/files that I choose.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>
>> Philip -
>>
>> So if I set up Filezilla client on laptop, and Filezilla server on
>> desktop, I can access any file on my desktop from my laptop? Even
>> if the file on the desktop / server isn't "shared" by Win XP?
- Posted by Philip Ashley on October 9th, 2005
The data for the file you wish to view needs to be downloaded anyway, and as
far as i know you need to associate the file extension with the application
'exe' that you wish to view/open the file from filezilla.
Since you need to download it anyway you could always do that and then open
it locally, then of course it will open with the default application. Not a
serious problem i think. I hope you have seen the huge flexibility of ftp.
Let me know if you want to know more about it.
hth
philip ashley
"Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:enjEmEQzFHA.3180@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Philip, I think I've finally solved my firewall problems to get Filezilla
> client/server working on my wireless LAN ...
>
> Sorry to keep bugging you but here's another question.
>
> When you want to want to use your client computer to work with a file on
> the
> server computer, do you download the file to your client, or do you
> edit/view the server file in place?
>
> I see the View/Edit option on the right click menu in FileZilla but it
> seems
> that to do this you have to type in a "Custom File Association" into the
> FileZilla dialog box. This seems strange, I wonder why FZ doesn't just
> use
> the default file associations on the client computer? Have you found an
> easier way?
>
> Thanks again for any help. This has been interesting.
>
>
>
>
> Philip Ashley wrote:
>> yes, any file can be accessed that has been given permissions in the
>> ftp server
>>
>> hth
>>
>> philip ashley
>>
>> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:OkcskDHzFHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Philip Ashley wrote:
>>>> i use ftp for this, with different accounts having flexible access
>>>>
>>>> a good one from filezilla, server and client
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> philip ashley
>>>>
>>>> "Spoon2001" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23VEq7UFzFHA.1364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> When I am using my laptop, I want to be have complete access to my
>>>>> desktop ... to have read/write access to all files on my desktop
>>>>> computer ... At the same time, I want other users on my home
>>>>> network to have only
>>>>> limited access ... to be able to read/write only certain
>>>>> folders/files that I choose.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to accomplish this using WinXP Home?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Philip -
>>>
>>> So if I set up Filezilla client on laptop, and Filezilla server on
>>> desktop, I can access any file on my desktop from my laptop? Even
>>> if the file on the desktop / server isn't "shared" by Win XP?
>
>
>
