Dan, I salute you! Many thinks for the very coherrent explanation. Am I to understand that you are not happy with your workgroup? :)
-----Original Message----- From: Miley, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: W2K pro in a work group We have 800 remote machines in a workgroup (not my design). admin is a pain, you have to use 3rd party tools to manage (We're using SQL anywhere, remoteware, and scripts), monitoring and helpdesk is a pain. You can't do domain profiles, users, domain anything. pushing service packs is a pain. logging into someone elses machine is a pain, changing passwords is a pain, setting up security policys is difficult. if you go with a workgroup solution, the choice is no security, or job security for the admin IMO. every admin task is local to every machine. <<Now W2K pro has far better security and each user has or can have their own profiles, permissions etc.>> The key is "their own" not shared with anyone on your net. <<If, ... I log on as a user, provided the folders on a remote computer, also part of the same workgroup, are share to the Everyone group, would this new user be able to access those resources without any further administration?>> yes, if you put every user login account on every machine, or enable guest (no security). Workgroup computing might be do-able for 10 machines or so ( a workgroup), but any more, and it's a challenge. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Mark Pilbeam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: W2K pro in a work group Hi folks, Excuse my ignorance, and unfortunately I can't test this. How does W2K work in a workgroup. For example. In Windows 98 once the workgroup is configured on a computer, anyone who logs on to the workgroup using that computer is able to access the resources. Is this true for W2K pro. The scenario I am envisaging is this. I join a computer to a workgroup using the Administrator account. Now W2K pro has far better security and each user has or can have their own profiles, permissions etc. If, having been added to a workgroup using the Administrator account, I log on as a user, provided the folders on a remote computer, also part of the same workgroup, are share to the Everyone group, would this new user be able to access those resources without any further administration? Or would I have to add the computer to the work group for each user that logged on to the computer? Thanks mark Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
