The rules for accessing your computer's resources in the NTFS file system are governed by special access control lists (ACLs). By changing these rules for a specific user or entire groups, you can regulate the options available to them to use files located on the computer media.
Instructions
Step 1
To allow network access to any drive on your computer, modify the rules specified in the ACL of this drive. The sequence of actions in this case depends on the type of management of such lists currently enabled on your system. To find out the type, open the main OS menu on the "Start" button and select "Control Panel". If your OS is Windows XP, then look for it in the "Settings" section.
Step 2
With the panel open, click the Appearance and Themes link and then Folder Options. Go to the "View" tab and look for the line "Use simple file sharing" in the list of "Advanced options". If you want to have the most complete control over user rights, then uncheck this line, and if you trust the operating system more, then check.
Step 3
When you're done with that, navigate to the drive you want to share. Clicking on the disk icon with the right mouse button brings up a menu in which you need to click the "Sharing and Security" line, and then go to the "Access" tab. If you enabled Easy Access Control in the previous step, then it will look like this screenshot.
Step 4
You need to check the box next to "Share this folder", and in the "Share name" field type its alias for network users. If you need full access, check the box next to "Allow changing files over the network." To commit the changes made to the security policy, click the "OK" button.
Step 5
And if simplified access was disabled in the second step, then the "Access" tab in the disk properties will look like this screenshot.
Step 6
The field for the disk alias is also present in this variant. It is also possible to limit the number of simultaneous connections to it. And to issue permissions for changing the contents of the disk by network users, you need to click the "Permissions" button and make a mark in the checkbox of the "Change" item.
