Lab 15.3: Creating and Accessing Shares

The whole idea behind networking is to make resources such as files available to others. This process begins with sharing folders so the files contained in the folders are available to other users on the network. Both computers used need to have the same protocol installed and configured.

Accessing Internet sites is nothing more than an elaborate system of sharing files. Your Internet browser allows you to access files and then displays them in the proper format.

Upon completion of this lab, you will be able to:

• Create a share

• Access a share on another computer

Set Up

For this lab, you will need two computers networked together.

Exercises

Once you create a share on your computer, you have the opportunity to control access to the share. In Windows 98, you can apply several levels of access control: Read Only, Full, or Depends on Password. Doing so allows you to determine if users have full access or read-only access. You can also apply passwords to control the level of access.

Windows 2000 gives you more control over how users access your resources. You can apply permissions to the share that determine who has what kind of access to the resources.

Creating a Share in Windows 98

To create a share in Windows 98,

1. Double-click on My Computer on the Desktop.

2. Open the C: drive.

3. Create a new folder called Share Test.

4. Right-click on the Share Test folder and select Sharing from the menu.

5. Click the Share As radio button.

6. Enter a comment to describe the share in the Comment field.

7. Click the Depends on Password radio button.

8. Enter a password in the Read Only Password field.

9. Enter a password in the Full Access Password field.

10. Click OK to apply the share and close the window.

Creating a Share in Windows 2000/XP

To create a share in Windows 2000/XP,

1. Double-click on My Computer on the Desktop.

2. Open the C: drive.

3. Create a new folder called Share Test.

4. Right-click on the Share Test folder and select Sharing from the menu. In Windows XP, this option is Sharing and Security.

5. Click the Share This Folder radio button.

6. Enter a comment to describe the share in the Comment field.

7. Click the Permissions button.

8. Record the default groups that will have access to the share and the level of access they have:

9. Click OK to close the Permissions window.

10. Click OK to apply the share and close the window.

Accessing a Share

To access a share,

1. On the second computer, open the Network applet.

   In Windows 98, double-click on the Network Neighborhood icon on the Desktop.

   In Windows 2000, double-click on the My Network Places icon on the Desktop.

   In Windows XP, use this sequence:

   Start My Network Places

2. Double-click on the icon that represents the first computer where you created the shared folder.

3. Double-click on the Share Test folder.

   Note

   For a share on Windows 98, you need to enter the password for either Read Only Access or Full Access.