Shared Folders Does Not Work for Non-Admins
- Thread starter DotNetGuy
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Well, it's my Home folder on OS X, so yeah, I have access to it. 
I'm not sure you understand the bug. If I log in as user "xyz" who is in the administrators groups, I can access all the shared folders. If I then remove "xyz" from the administrators group, log out, then log back in as "xyz", he can no longer access the Shared Folders pseudo-machine. I didn't change the username or password, just the fact that user "xyz" is in the Administrators group.
When I double click on the icon on the desktop as an administrator, everything works great. If I double click on the icon on the desktop as a normal user, it tells me I cannot access the remote "computer".
I'm not sure you understand the bug. If I log in as user "xyz" who is in the administrators groups, I can access all the shared folders. If I then remove "xyz" from the administrators group, log out, then log back in as "xyz", he can no longer access the Shared Folders pseudo-machine. I didn't change the username or password, just the fact that user "xyz" is in the Administrators group.
When I double click on the icon on the desktop as an administrator, everything works great. If I double click on the icon on the desktop as a normal user, it tells me I cannot access the remote "computer".
catmistake
Member
Confirmed.
Parallels Shared Folder works great when operating on the virtual machine as an admin in XP Pro SP2, but when logged into the virtual machine as a regular user and an attempt is made to access the Parallels Shared Folder, this message is given:
I attempted to force allowing access from the administrator side, but accessing the attributes of the Parallels Shared Folder isn't (?) possible. For the heck of it, I changed the access attributes of all the shortcuts... but I knew that would do nothing, and I was correct: it had no effect. Also, changing permissions on the folder from the OS X side has no effect.
Parallels Shared Folder works great when operating on the virtual machine as an admin in XP Pro SP2, but when logged into the virtual machine as a regular user and an attempt is made to access the Parallels Shared Folder, this message is given:
I attempted to force allowing access from the administrator side, but accessing the attributes of the Parallels Shared Folder isn't (?) possible. For the heck of it, I changed the access attributes of all the shortcuts... but I knew that would do nothing, and I was correct: it had no effect. Also, changing permissions on the folder from the OS X side has no effect.
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bioengineer
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When I first start up XP shared folders works fine but after a while i can no longer access the shared folders and I get almost the same error message saying the network name cannot be found. If I reboot it will work OK again.
catmistake
Member
still broken --works!! after reinstalling Parallels Tools
In the current internal version, Parallels-Desktop-1847.7-Mac.dmg, this problem still exists: only administrators can access the shared folder, regular users get the same error I showed above.
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After reinstalling Parallels Tools, the Parallels Shared Folder works from a regular user's login!! Nice work!
http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Desktop-1847.7-Mac.dmg
In the current internal version, Parallels-Desktop-1847.7-Mac.dmg, this problem still exists: only administrators can access the shared folder, regular users get the same error I showed above.
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After reinstalling Parallels Tools, the Parallels Shared Folder works from a regular user's login!! Nice work!
http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Desktop-1847.7-Mac.dmg
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Christopher Nielsen
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Is this internal version supported? I am wondering whether I should upgrade from RC2, or wait until the next "official" release.catmistake said:
Parallels, anyone...?
Also having problems with non-admin acct, build 1848
I'm running build 1848 (the first non-beta release?) on an iMac Core Duo (2GHz, 2GB) with current Tiger updates and current WinXP SP2 updates. I setup a shared folder from my OS X non-admin acct as directed in the Parallels user guide, but I get a permissions problem when I click it from the shortcut that's created on the WinXP desktop.
However, I can access the shared folder by using the IP address, \\192.168.1.6\george\WinXP.
I'm running build 1848 (the first non-beta release?) on an iMac Core Duo (2GHz, 2GB) with current Tiger updates and current WinXP SP2 updates. I setup a shared folder from my OS X non-admin acct as directed in the Parallels user guide, but I get a permissions problem when I click it from the shortcut that's created on the WinXP desktop.
However, I can access the shared folder by using the IP address, \\192.168.1.6\george\WinXP.
studiousstud
Bit poster
uhm
Well I can't access the Parallel Shared Folders at all, and I am the administrator. There are no sub accounts. It says,
"\\.psf is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the adminiistrator of this server to find out if you have acccess permissions.
The specified network profider name is invalid."
Anyone have a suggestion?
Well I can't access the Parallel Shared Folders at all, and I am the administrator. There are no sub accounts. It says,
"\\.psf is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the adminiistrator of this server to find out if you have acccess permissions.
The specified network profider name is invalid."
Anyone have a suggestion?