HT5219 How to share iMac with MacAir with thunderbolt?

I am with an iMac and a MacBook Air connected through a Thunderbolt cable with the aim to interchange files between the two HDs of both computers.
1. At the MacBook Air, in the Finder I see in the field "SHARED" the information displayed that the iMac is "Connected as Guest" with two options "Connect As..." and "Share Screen".
(a) At the option "Share Screen", I did not achieve connection "As a registered user" so that appeared the dialog box [Authentication failed to "Petean's iMac" (Please verify you have entered the correct name password)]
Assuming that I entered the correct name and password, I see that my problem could be the fact that to have access to the screen of "Petean's iMac" as a registered user I must first register the "Petean's MacBook Air" as a registered user.
Question (a): How and where in the "Petean's iMac" may I do the register of "Petean's MacBook Air" as a "registered user"?
(b) At the alternative option for "Share Screen", I did not achieve connection "Using an Apple ID", so that appeared the dialog box [Authentication failed to "Petean's iMac" (Please try again with different credentials)]
Question (b): Thought that I have only one Apple ID (for what the **** could I need more than one?), what need I do next to have access to the "Petean's iMac" screen?
2. At the iMac, in the Finder, I don't see anything where should be the field "SHARED" informing that the MacBook Air is "Connected as Guest" with two options "Connect As..." and "Share Screen".
Final question: What really are the first and basic actions that the user must do in order to have an iMac and a MacBook Air connected through a Thunderbolt cable with the aim to have access two both screens (the iMac's screen in the MacBook Air's screen and vice versa) and also to have access to all the files of the iMac's HD(s) from the MacBook Air and vice versa?
Final comment: The time when a Mac user could achieve a full operational connection between two "Powerbooks" using a simple cable, without any protocol - such as login and password - is now past. This old Mac user is still alive to testify for the new generations that he knew Mac machines really friendly and interative.

Currently I do not believe you can network two computers over a Thunderbolt connection. It would require an additional software interface which Apple has not yet provided. You probably could, though, run them with each other in the more limited Target Disk Mode.
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