I'm trying to configure file sharing in my home network and I am having problems establishing specific permissions for specific accounts. This isn't a mission critical application or anything. I just want to learn how to manage something like this.
I have a Windows Server 2019 machine called BIG-OCEAN. On that machine I share three folders.
F:\FISH
F:\PLANTS
F:\SAND
I have three Windows 10 machines called FERRY, BARGE, and TUG-BOAT. Each machine has one user account. FERRY has TOM, BARGE has DICK, and TUG-BOAT has HARRY.
I can right click on each of the three folders above and share them with "Everyone". All three of the users listed above can access the three folders from their machines. Reading, writing, etc all works great! The general access path is BIG-OCEAN\<folder name>.
I want to change this so each user can only access one folder.
FERRY\TOM can only access BIG-OCEAN\FISH.
BARGE\DICK can only access BIG-OCEAN\PLANTS.
TUG-BOAT\HARRY can only access BIG-OCEAN\SAND.
I right-click on the folder name on the Windows 2019 Server machine, click on "Properties", and then click on "Sharing". In the "Advanced Sharing" block I click on "Advanced Sharing...". Going further I click on the "Permissions" button and then on "Add...". Finally, in this fourth window where I can select the users and groups to access this folder I click on "Locations...". All I can see is BIG-OCEAN. Why can I not see the other three Windows 10 machines? I can ping them by name from a PowerShell window and I can share files both ways with them when allowing access to "Everyone".
I'm a beginner here so go gentle on me.
Thanks!
-=- Boris
I have a Windows Server 2019 machine called BIG-OCEAN. On that machine I share three folders.
F:\FISH
F:\PLANTS
F:\SAND
I have three Windows 10 machines called FERRY, BARGE, and TUG-BOAT. Each machine has one user account. FERRY has TOM, BARGE has DICK, and TUG-BOAT has HARRY.
I can right click on each of the three folders above and share them with "Everyone". All three of the users listed above can access the three folders from their machines. Reading, writing, etc all works great! The general access path is BIG-OCEAN\<folder name>.
I want to change this so each user can only access one folder.
FERRY\TOM can only access BIG-OCEAN\FISH.
BARGE\DICK can only access BIG-OCEAN\PLANTS.
TUG-BOAT\HARRY can only access BIG-OCEAN\SAND.
I right-click on the folder name on the Windows 2019 Server machine, click on "Properties", and then click on "Sharing". In the "Advanced Sharing" block I click on "Advanced Sharing...". Going further I click on the "Permissions" button and then on "Add...". Finally, in this fourth window where I can select the users and groups to access this folder I click on "Locations...". All I can see is BIG-OCEAN. Why can I not see the other three Windows 10 machines? I can ping them by name from a PowerShell window and I can share files both ways with them when allowing access to "Everyone".
I'm a beginner here so go gentle on me.
Thanks!
-=- Boris