Requesting Help w/ Open PS2 Loader

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Originally Posted by JNABK

Yes, that would explain why you need to enable Guest to make a connection.

When Simple File Sharing is enabled, Remote users always authenticate as the Guest account. If you turn off the Guest account in the User Accounts Control Panel tool, only the guest's ability to log on locally is affected. The account is not disabled.

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And this is in fact another way of saying that you too have the Guest account enabled (though not explicitly) since that is an implicit side effect of having simple file sharing.

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So when you disable Simple File Sharing, you are actually disabling the Guest account, so you would need to either re-enable the Guest account or Simple file Sharing for a Guest login.

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And since I will not allow simple file sharing on my LAN I have enabled the Guest account.

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Unless you use remote administration to manage your PC,

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For my Win2K server I do. But that is not really the cause of my choices.

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i would also recommend keeping Simple File Sharing enabled, because while it is enabled, ALL remote access to your PC MUST use the Guest account's permissions, which is read only and helps prevent any remote users from changing anything on your PC.

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I think you have misunderstood the security aspect here. Simple file sharing never increases security, but always decreases it, as it gives automatic read access to all shares regardless of the identity of the computer/account making the request. If you have a wireless LAN it might not even be a local computer at all, but some passerby outside with a laptop...

While it is true that this default permission is restricted to read access, this is not to be seen as any improvement over a real private network with secure login.

Sure, a network without simple file sharing can also allow write access over LAN, but only for shares for which such permission has been explicitly set, and only for users and user groups for which such permissions have been explicitly granted. For everyone else with access it remains limited to read_only, and for outsiders there will be no access at all. (Except for any shares that permit Guest access, like the PS2SMB stuff.)

Best regards: dlanor

Yes, the pseudo-enabled guest-account seems to be linked to the simple file-sharing.
I had the exact same question (on gulli.com), to someone which uses WinXP Home (Simple Filesharing only).

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Originally Posted by dlanor

I think you have misunderstood the security aspect here. Simple file sharing never increases security, but always decreases it, as it gives automatic read access to all shares regardless of the identity of the computer/account making the request. If you have a wireless LAN it might not even be a local computer at all, but some passerby outside with a laptop...

While it is true that this default permission is restricted to read access, this is not to be seen as any improvement over a real private network with secure login.

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I may have over looked the fact that there are routers that do not use security keys and could allow as you say , a 'passer-by' to access their LAN. But mine does require a key to connect to the Wifi.

For me IMHO, having Simple File Sharing enabled is far more secure for my LAN than not having it. I can control what others in my network can see by only sharing what i wish others to see, they still cannot access any other parts of my PC.

Also, i've recently learned for WinXP Home Edition there is no options to even turn off Simple File Sharing, although there are some work arounds using the registry editor. So all WinXP Home users will have it enabled and wont have any need to enable the Guest Account.

I will add to the guides for those who dont wish to enable Simple File Sharing, they will need to enable the Guest Account to use SMB. :)