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I was basically typing out this out when you posted, but yes. User accounts (and groups for more granular access) are how you can define different levels of access to shared folders, otherwise the server has no way of knowing who has full read/write access, who only has read access, and who has no access. You could share it as public read (with no write) or public read/write if that works in your situation and you wouldn't have to create local accounts on the server.
The accounts on the server do not have to match the account on the client computer that is trying to access it. Windows will first try to use whatever the local user is using, but should ask for a username/password if that fails. You could create an account on the fileserver and tell a user to login to the shared folder with this specific username/pw.
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Noodleface
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Just in general why would you want everyone logging in as admin anyways? That sounds like a recipe for disaster
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Could probably create generic accounts depending on the access needed but it really depends on the data. If any kind of accountability is needed for who accesses what and when each user will need their own account for auditing.
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No one is except for me when I need to do something like this on the server itself. They all have individual machines that they log into themselves with user accounts.
I resolved the whole situation I was asking about by just making a local account for everyone on the "server" and then putting them in groups according to what they could access. I could have made generic accounts, like say "accounting" but if it ever asked for a username and password they would be lost, so I just duplicated their usernames and passwords locally so there wouldn't be any confusion. It was only like 25 accounts, which is more than I'd like, but now that it is done it is more convenient this way. EDIT: And if I ever need to revoke access to someone, I don't want to have to change the password to one of the generic accounts, I'll just remove them from a group.
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Dandai
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My son’s video card died and my ex wife is balling on a budget. I’ve been out of the PC building game for ten years so I was hoping some of you resident experts might have some advice on what to replace the old card with (and from which vendor)? Thanks gents.
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What are the specs of the machine it's going in, what is it replacing, and what is your (ideal and max) budget?
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ShakyJake
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Alright PC bros, need some feedback. I'm looking to upgrade my aging i7-8700K rig to something. This desktop PC isn't really used for games, but my main interest is raw, single thread performance. So, I'm thinking of the Core Ultra 7 265KF. Is there any reason to consider the alternative, the Ryzen 9 9700X (I believe that's price parity with the Intel)?
Lanx
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the zboards start out at $400
you'll see benchmarks here, the ultras only edge out w/ single thread
intel and all their years of microcode issues
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ShakyJake
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Btw, what's up with ASUS? In the past, I usually went with Gigabyte or MSI anyway, as I had always seen ASUS as a premium brand and a bit overpriced.
Lanx
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Their bios has been fucking over ppl for a few years now
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My last Asus MB said it supported WIFI 6e, but it's never worked. There is always something wrong with their products these days. It's always one thing or another with them. Finally getting wise to their marketing tricks.