You don't need to see the other computers when setting up permissions.
On your file server, go onto the permissions (security tab) of the files/folder you want to share.
Remove the everyone group. (make sure you don't just tick the deny box because that will cause you problems)
Give access permissions to a password protected user account.(which will be a local user account on your file server)
When you want to view files from another computer, the easiest way is to click Start, and right click on 'my computer', and then 'map network drive', where you should see a link/button somewhere that says 'connect using a different username/password' or something to that effect.
Enter the user and pass that you gave permissions to on your file server and voila!
Your mates shouldn't be able to see your files, unless you give them the username and password:grin:
On your file server, go onto the permissions (security tab) of the files/folder you want to share.
Remove the everyone group. (make sure you don't just tick the deny box because that will cause you problems)
Give access permissions to a password protected user account.(which will be a local user account on your file server)
When you want to view files from another computer, the easiest way is to click Start, and right click on 'my computer', and then 'map network drive', where you should see a link/button somewhere that says 'connect using a different username/password' or something to that effect.
Enter the user and pass that you gave permissions to on your file server and voila!
Your mates shouldn't be able to see your files, unless you give them the username and password:grin:
