A Share Of Shares With Permissions

[n25an]

Nothing is simple about this one...



My question is how do I set up a shared folder... and then have shared folders within that folder with permissions set for one user.... in a one to one relationship... say user 1... to folder and user 2 to folder 2... and so on...

I can do this with accounts that log straight into the machine... but when I start working with accounts that log into the domain... I cann't seem to get it to work right...



Here is the setup on our new install...

we arrived with an fs3140... basic mfp...
the sales manager says set them up with printing and scanning... with scanning its just a straight shared folder nothing fancy...

when I got there I did a straight printing setup on two machines no problem...

then with scanning... I found out that the office mgr wants each user to save to their desktop or to a folder that they each have access to... this is alll on one computer... so when john logs in on the machine... he sees only his scans.. or sarah logs in she sees only her scans...

I tried setting this up with paperport and twain... even wia... but to no avail... both require a usb connection to function and we have a cat5 network connection setup...

so since the easy way is dead... I have no choice but to try a smb solution on the network...

so here is what the office mgr wants... he wants folders shared in such a way that... given this scenario... everyone only sees their own particular folder when logged into the machine... so sarah logs into machine 1 and she sees only her shared folder via a shortcut on the desktop.... steve logs into machine 1 and he sees only his shared folder on the desktop or shortcut to his shared folder...

At this time I have figured out how to do a share with permissions to make things work on the (machine 1) as desired with simple user accounts that can log into the machine 1... but I am having issues setting things up with networked users or user accounts like what we use at delcop to get on the network... i am having issues getting the shares and permissions to work correctly...

So in our situation we don't have multiple machines... just one where the users will interchange access... but they want to maintain secured access to their scans... scans in their own shared folder...

there may exist the posibility that all of these shared folders may end up on a server... but I will cross that bridge when I get to it...

My question is how do I set up a shared folder... and then have shared folders within that folder with permissions set for one user.... in a one to one relationship... say user 1... to folder and user 2 to folder 2... and so on...

I can do this with accounts that log straight into the machine... but when I start working with accounts that log into the domain... I cann't seem to get it to work right...

[KenB]

You didn't say which OS, but if not a "home" version of Windows, maybe you can set up sharing using FTP instead of SMB.

Just a thought.

[n25an]

windows xp pro

[Mr Spock]

Best way (and I have several accounts that do this) setup the shares on the server in the user documents directory (what ever that is called these days). Setup a one touch that points to that directory (one touch is sam and points to users>documents>sam>scans ) and give it sams credentials. This will only go to sams folder and unless he shares it no one else sees it. But anyone can scan to it if they need him to have it. I also set one up to the "shared public" directory on the server so if it is something everyone needs to see then it can go there. Now when the user logs into the computer they have access to only their folders and scans. The only draw back is either the credentials will need to updated every time a password is changed or you need the it guy to setup a user with access to all the users scan folder without a password that expires.

[n25an]

how do you setup the user credentials properly on the share... with network logins...

[tmaged]

How to create and delete hidden or administrative shares on client computers
I basically set it up like spock says. This explains how to do a hidden share. It makes scanning much easier for a few reasons.
1. If they have a server, the IP never changes like workstations do.
2. You only have to worry about authentication to the server.
3. Most servers are backed up, so all scanned docs would be backed up. Not the case with user pc's.
It's scan to smb, but by putting the $ at the end of the share name it can't be browsed to by anyone on the network. Then you would just put a shortcut to each users folder on their desktop.

[n25an]

hidden shares

thanks for that insight... never knew that... ok now here is my problem... I can share the folder and restrict it for users on the machine that don't have to log into the domain... but I have cann't seem to restrict users that have to login to the domain... any ideas anyone... ???

[tmaged]

If I have it correctly, you only want users to see their folder as the only one available to scan to ? I don't believe there is a way to do that with this machine. There are some HyPas applications that may work, but you'd need a HyPas MFP.

[n25an]

ok... done...

I may have overcomplicated...

Here is what I did...

I went into sharing and security

I gave full rights to desired user...
blocked administrator...
blocked anyone that I did not want to have access to desired folder...

before that I had gone to sharing for the folder and set user to only the desired user giving desired user full access while giving everyone else none...

Does anyone have a step by step approach to sharing files with permissions...???