Solved Guest Account Windows Server 2003

wanderer June 11, 2013 at 13:42:56

I believe you are thinking in reverse about accounts and file sharing. A account can make a file share A file share can have user accounts assigned at different levels of access A file share or printer share isn't tied to any particular account though Answers are only as good as the information you provide. How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's

Ok. Well what i am trying to do is share a printer on the server to visitors without giving them access to any of the files on the server.

wanderer June 11, 2013 at 15:37:35

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How is this printer connected to the network? It is a security risk to enable the guest account on the server and have guests use it. Better to have them do a direct print to a networked printer. Otherwise when enabling the guest account you have to add guest to all shares and do a direct deny access. Answers are only as good as the information you provide. How to properly post a question: Sorry no tech support via PM's

Curt R June 12, 2013 at 07:24:18

Just to add to what wanderer said. Servers aren't meant to be used like a regular desktop computer. One should never allow anybody except a qualified administrator to touch a server. If the printer is a network printer, it can be accessed from any client computer (desktop) in your network so there's no need to have people logon to the server. If it's not a network printer and it's physically connected to the server you're going to want to either: a) Share it and make it accessible across the network or b) Disconnect it from the server and reconnect it to a client computer It matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. ***William Henley***