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Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp

by William Smith <mecklists@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 13, 2006 at 09:23 PM

In article <1144948889.468969.142870@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 corrales1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On Win XP, I have setup a mapped network drive to connect to my Mac OS
> 10.3. However, problem is it never prompts me for a password to connect
> and goes directly to the home folder on my Mac, and I'm assuming others
> on our network have complete access to my Mac too. Even if I turn off
> the "windows sharing" option on my Mac, the mapped network drive on my
> PC is still able to connect without password prompts-- what gives? How
> do I enable protection on my Mac so PC users can't access it on the
> network without a password? 

I suspect one of three things is probably happening:

1. You've told Windows to store your password.
2. You have no password on your Mac account (try changing the password 
on the Mac).
3. You're connecting to a completely different machine and thinking this 
is your Mac.

Hope this helps! bill
-- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)
 




 8 Posts in Topic:
mac network drive not password protected on xp
corrales1@[EMAIL PROTECTE  2006-04-13 10:21:29 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
William Smith <mecklis  2006-04-13 21:23:26 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
"cc" <corral  2006-04-14 14:41:24 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
William Smith <mecklis  2006-04-26 20:51:12 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
"cc" <corral  2006-05-08 22:33:25 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
William Smith <mecklis  2006-05-12 21:23:08 
Re: mac network drive not password protected on xp
"cc" <corral  2006-05-22 09:49:07 
RE: mac network drive not password protected on xp
=?Utf-8?B?RGFuaWVsV2FsdGV  2006-06-30 01:20:02 

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