XP interoperability - progress


I was barking up the wrong tree. Whereas a fresh install of Warp will serve resources to Warp peers, it fails with XP peers.

In order to serve XP peer requesters, Warp must issue net share, user and access commands. In my example startup.cmd below the sequence and syntax is critical. Don't assume I have made typos. Auditing is helpful for debugging.
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net start peer /auditing:yes
logon userid /P:password
net config peer /accessalert:1 /alertsched:1 /erroralert:1 /logonalert:1 /netioalert:1

net use devicename: \\computername\resourcename # network printer

net share ipc$
net share sharename=c: /unlimited # root share
net share sharename=d:\foldername /unlimited
net share sharename=e: /unlimited # root share removable drives

net user username /delete
net user username /active:yes /add /privilege:user /passwordreq:no

net access c:\ /delete
net access c:\ /add username:permissions # root permission
net access c:\ /trail:yes

net access d:\foldername /delete
net access d:\foldername /add username:permissions username:permissions
net access d:\foldername /trail:yes # enable auditing
net access d:\foldername /apply # apply to subfolders

net access e: /delete # removable drive
net access e: /add username:permissions

exit
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Sharenames are advertised to peers.
Share level security has no effect with XP peers; you must employ user level security.
Ibmlan.ini may be tweaked to raise the limits on resources to match the capability of modern hardware.
Configuring your network in one .cmd file instead of across various GUIs, leaves you with an audit trail of what you specified.
LSerror.exe and LSaudit.exe may be usefully shadowed on your desktop.

XP tips:-
Forget Windows Explorer and type \\computername\sharename\foldername\filename in the Save As or Open edit box of your Windows application.

You may ignore Microsoft's dire warnings and install NetBeui protocol on your secure LAN by first copying from XPCD\valueadd\msft\net\netbeui:-
nbf.sys to C:\windows\system32\drivers
netnbf.inf to C:\windows\inf (hidden folder)

XP 5/10 simultaneous peer connection limits apply to XP peer servers, not to Warp peer servers with a tweaked ibmlan.ini.



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