How do I easily connect to other computers on my local network?

Tiger was easy, Leopard has many confusing options that aren't clear to non-tech people.
I have 5 other computers on my local network. 3 are Leopard, One is Tiger and one is Panther.
All machines are password protected at startup.
Trying to configure my Leopard machines to be able to access each machine's hard drive with just a password input. Was easy in Tiger. Only Tiger and Panther machines can talk to each other now.
Confused by drop boxes, etc. (don't want)
Any FAQs on this?
Want Panther and Tiger machines to access Leopard (so needs to work both ways).
A simple shortcut would be super!
Message was edited by: Kurt Triffet

on the LAN, from apple to apple, and assuming you trust the other users on your LAN, I would recommend afp for file sharing over smb or ftp. Users' accounts have the permissions set up so others can connect directly to their Public folder (for read access - drag and drop copy a file) and to their Drop Box (in their public folder) (for write access - drag and drop a file) by mounting target computer icon on desktop as if an external or second hard drive, at least as far back as Panther and I think even Jaguar. Can't say for earlier than that -- don't remember anymore.
You need to turn on file sharing in the Sys Prefs on the computer being accessed. smb and afp had their own sharing checkboxes in Tigger's and Panther's Sys Prefs Sharing Services (called personal file sharing and windows sharing, as I recall); in Leo, they are in Sys Prefs Sharing File Sharing Options. "Full access" to non-privileged user accounts is done by username/password. Absolute full access to the entire computer requires afp login as admin user on the target computer. To get there in either case, in the Finder, it's Go Connect to Server ⌘k then afp://{target computer name or IP address} or Go Network ⇧⌘k and double click.
Remote keyboard/screen access is relatively easy, too -- more so with Leopard than with prior OSs. Won't delve into that here coz' I didn't think you were so interested in that, but can post additional info if desired.

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