Access a Share Anonymously

Dave Morrow · External Since: Jul 09, 2007 Posts: 1

Is there a way to share a folder such that anyone can access it without a
username / password? My Server is Win2K Server SP4 and the client is
Windows2003 Server. I cannot make the usernames/passwords on the 2 systems
match.

Myweb · External Since: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 176

Hello Dave,

Are both machines in the same workgroup?

Best regards

Myweb
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> Is there a way to share a folder such that anyone can access it
> without a username / password? My Server is Win2K Server SP4 and the
> client is Windows2003 Server. I cannot make the usernames/passwords
> on the 2 systems match.
>

Roger Abell MVP · External Since: Apr 12, 2004 Posts: 671

You could enable the Guest account and set permissions on the
share and underlying NTFS storage so that Guest has access on
that share. This would allow anyone, from anywhere that can
get to the machine on the network.
Why can you not make the username/passwords match?
Why can you not provide an account defined on the sharing-out
machine to those that need access. They would then provide the
username/password to get at the share. (again, the share and the
NTFS permissions would need to allow access to the account).

Roger

"Dave Morrow" <morrowd.DeleteThis@execulink.com> wrote in message
news:17D4FC90-766E-43C6-ADDA-82A28F0387C6@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to share a folder such that anyone can access it without a
> username / password? My Server is Win2K Server SP4 and the client is
> Windows2003 Server. I cannot make the usernames/passwords on the 2
> systems match.