[97lt2959]

errrm no thanx for the advice in theory it would work but i cant stand windows 98. Thanks for your help everyone though :-)

[mikesgroovin]

Originally posted by 97lt2959
but it seems it cannot it needs a password. Ive researched on the internet and found one option that works having the same users and ther same passwords on each computer, this works but is not feasable. Can any one help??

I'm not sure that I understand. Why wouldn't this be feasible? This should work fine.

-Mike

[97lt2959]

no because if the useron the windows 98 machine changes his/her password then the password on the win2k machine will be different therefore the windows98 machine wouldnt be able to coonect to the shares. We either need a domain which it authenticates by or downgrade to windows 98 which aint gonna happen

[mikesgroovin]

I see.....
I just wasn't sure why this wasn't feasible in your environment. But, yea, you're correct...without any user/pass control, this will be a nightmare. Why wouldn't authenticating to a DC be an option?
Yea, I wouldn't downgrade either, especially to 98.

-Mike

[97lt2959]

Because i dont have a dc i think i will upgrade to win2k server thought cheers for ya help

[gruntwerk]

Set the win98 computer to use ms family login, then the password for the network stuff will be different..

or dont have a password on the hidden share...
or add a bat file to the startup group that does the net use
D:\My Documents>net use /?
The syntax of this command is:


NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

??/

[mikesgroovin]

But the fact of the matter is that the Windows 98 users do not have a limit. They can change the password of their account anytime they want...thus voiding the authentication process.

-Mike