user signons windows 2000 pro

[RBP]

Can anyone help with this one?

I have a small network 4 PC's most running win2k pro.
Fido ( yes he didn't get drowned in the canal) cedric, dora, and tarquin (win xp pro)

When I browse files from cedric to dora, I have to enter dora's user id and pwd before I can proceed.

If I browse cedric from dora, I need to do the same.

fido user, and cedric user = Administrator,
dora user = user (not admin status)

My question is simple, how do I set them up (networked pcs) so that when I browse any file from - to any pc, I do not have to enter a user id and pwd of that users pc?

I could map a drive and use a pwd for every signon( I think) but is there another way?
Thanks in advance.

 

[jrbarnett]

Quite simply, you will need an identical username and password on each PC with appropriate rights on that PC for seamless browsing, unless you have a machine running a server version of Windows configured as a domain controller, which you could then join these PC's too.

John

 

[RBP]

Thanks John, Unfortunately I don't have a server machine. Is there no other way of doing this than having all the same user id's & pwds? Cheers. rbp

 

[jrbarnett]

No, because in a workgroup environment, each machine authenticates against its own security database. With a domain, a windows server running as a domain controller can handle the requests for all pc's and users in the domain.

John

 

[RBP]

Thanks for that John. Better buy a server!