SMB, file sharing and security worries.

Hello all.
I have looked around the site for this info but no luck. I would like to share some of my files on the network I am on at my office. Everyone else here uses Windows machines. I have turned on SMB and people can now see my machine on the network. When they try to access my shared files they are prompted for my user name and password. My worry is that giving someone my user and pass will allow people to go through my computer at will. Is this possible? I have set up certain files to be shared and set for read only. It there another way to share files without having to give out my user and pass? Is there any particular risks I should be aware of?

Hi,
In my opinion, we need to provide "Read" access for all the users in the share and "Modify" access for the users on their shared folder alone. It seems whatever you have done seems okay, removing "Write" access for all users and "Modify" access for msmith
alone, since "Write" permission is subset of "Modify" permission.
You can use "Effective Access" UC to know which one is blocking the "Write" permission. To goto the "Effective Access" UC, follow the below steps
- Goto the shared folder properties
- Goto "Security" tab
- Click Advanced button, there you can find the "Effective Access" tab
You can find more information about Effective Permission from
here.
Regards,
Jack
www.jijitechnologies.com

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