Workgroup clients can access domain shares

[gayanwicke]

Hi,
Im Gayan from sri lanka, im working for for construction company. curently i have server 2003 domain  controler. we are have 5more networks in our office building. most of them are workgroupe and those networks are interconnected. actualy my problem is other workgroupe users can access my domain user shares without providing any username & password. so i wanted to restric other workgroupe users to  access of my domain users shares.

Best Regards,

Gayan

[piaaz]

Do you have AD setup on the 2003 server?

How do you share a file / files on the sever? do you just allow anyone to access the files or only authenticated users ?


Cheers

[green]

 
I think If you didn't  install  Active Directory,your server is standalone server.so you
should install AD.
 green

[gayanwicke]

hi,

i have installed an AD with server 2003 R2 and i have shred it with relevant user rights. but others can access those files

Thanks,

[viking]

The guest user is allowed to access shares. Disable the "Guest" account.

[green]

Yes ,
Have you check  the guest account active for network connections in user account? The  Guest account is off by default.
However this setting only applies to the ability to log on the local computer using the Guest account. Simple file sharing relies on guest access to shared folders and printers. To verify that the Guest account is active for network access.So I would try  in  the Command Prompt window, type net user guest, and then press ENTER.
 If the account is active, a line appears in the output of the command that states
Account active   Yes.

 
best regards,
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