On 7 Aug 2006 at 8:48, Hugh Gundersen wrote: > You seem to be making a rod for your own back! > > Don't present problems where there isn't any. If only you, your partner > and a guest use this printer and you actually trust each other then use > Simple File Sharing on the machines and make sure the computer connected > to the printer is actually switched on.
Ah, I remember now: I *turned*off* SFS so that I could use the [wonderful!] ACL machinery to tune things on my system [indeed, it is very hard to run out of a limited account [given all the non-XP-aware apps out there if you can't tune the occasional ACL]. It appears that the answer to my original question is "NO -- with ACL- controlled-security enabled, you clients *always* need to pass a password to access resources]. [and as pointed out, you can make that fairly painless but you still need to do it]. And, of course, the reason why I need to give the admin password is because that's the only acct on my XP/PRo system that has a password. So one way to "cover up" admin a bit would be to create a new [probably limited] account and give it some nominal password, then my various other at-home systems can just use that one instead of admin. Another tack, which I might research, would be to switch back and forth. That is, right now my XP/Pro system is fairly stable, so I could turn on SFS [which, as I recall, will make the 'security' tab go away from file/directory properties]. But then if I really DID need/want to mess with ACLs I could turn off SFS, mess about, then turn it back on. I'll also need to research how SFS interacts with ACLs [so I can control what access the 'network' has to the shared resources. I assume/hope that SFS doesn't per-force grant "FULL ACCESS" to the client machines..] [altogether it is sounding like just installing a standalone print server might be simpler..:o)] Thanks for the info [and I've saved it so I won't forget and ask again..:o)] /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
