Permissions for sharing files and folders across devices on different computers.
Permissions for sharing files and folders across devices on different computers.
Just a quick question, because I seem to be to stupid to figure this out by myself or find anything useful on the internet about this. Following situation: - I have a folder that I would like to share to the network on my Win10 machine. - I have a Win7 machine in the same network that needs to access this folder. - I want to give writing permissions of this folder only to a specified account on the Win7 machine and not for "Everyone" (as I could do, but don't want to). - But when I try to add the Win7 account to the sharing permissions on my Win10 folder, it just tells me that it can not find this account. (Neither with "\\Win7Domain\User" or "User@Win7Domain") - And if I try to find the user with the built-in windows search, it only finds the accounts on my Win10 Machine, because I am unable to change the search path to my Win7 Domain. So... How do I do this? How do I tell it to give permissions to a user on another machine? Sorry if this is a bit confusing. I can add screenshots if any of you would like to have some to better understand what I'm actually talking about. Thanks in advance!
The W10 device is secured with a password, so sharing the directory isn't possible. Instead, using a W7 client to connect to the W10 account or leveraging a homegroup would be viable options.
This approach works well. I hadn’t considered it before, even though I’ve used it elsewhere in my network. However, I’m curious why it’s difficult to assign permissions across different machines. If it’s feasible on my local system, the “search user paths” concept might seem redundant. Perhaps sharing accounts between devices would help. It would be helpful if someone could clarify this. Thanks for your assistance with Windows 7. I’ll try this method right away. Fun fact: I didn’t locate any Homegroup settings in Windows 10.
I'm not sure. A long time ago I attempted the same process between two W7 clients and struggled to solve it. Google didn't provide much assistance either. It might be related to domain settings or possibly intended only for local accounts. Really? As far as I remember, it was still available. Unless Microsoft removed it during some updates.