Server 2003: Need Help Configuring File Shares

[Noir Angel]

Ok the basic setup is that I'll be using Server 2003 web edition on an old server (job is being done for a computer charity I volunteer at) and I need to set it up as a basic file server. I'm pretty familiar with how to set up network shares, however I cannot set up file sharing exactly how I want to. What I'm looking to do is allow anyone to remotely access the server (view the list of shares ETC) but to have an admin share that will only be viewable to people with the server's admin password and a public share that anyone, including anonymous users have full access to. The problem that I am having at the moment is that I cannot seem to remember how to stop the OS from asking for a password when a user tries to remotely access the server. and view the list of shares. So in short I don't want the server to ask for a password when remotely accessed to list the file shares, only when a user tries to access the admin share.

So i'd be grateful for any help. Cheers.

[Dashel]

[Noir Angel]

Ok I have gotten it so that I can browse the share that I wanted to stay public but I cannot get it to prompt me for a password when trying to connect to the other share it just gives me an access denied message. Is there a way to make it do so?

[giantsnyy]

Undo all of the previous stuff you did. Add the following to the NTFS permissions for the shares: Everyone, and ANONYMOUS.

Full Access across the board for those. Restrict the admin share to only the administrator account and voila, password request.

[GSDragoon]

Make sure you enable the local guest account for anonymous to work.