Can a computer be part of a domain AND a workgroup?

[Rawan AbuSalman]

I didnt quite get that...
When I type my Username in "Enter object names to select" and then "check names"to search...there is no results....

The location is set to "abousalmanr" (which is this computer's name) and when I click on LOCATIONS, I cant select exept Abousalmanr.....so how I can I add the username on my desktop (which is on another location) to the exeptions?

 

[office politics]

add user joe//smoe to both pcs.

on the host, setup share permissions for user hostpc\joe.

 

[Rawan AbuSalman]

The username on my destop is Roni
The computer (desktop) name is also roni...and the workgroup on the desktop is called mshome...

How can i add that to the laptop?

below is a screen shot....

(The computer name of the laptop is ABOUSALMANR, the domain is SMOC and there are 2 usernames...1 is Roni and 1 is abousalmanr...all should have complete access)

 

[Rawan AbuSalman]

as you can see..the from this location is set to ABOUSALMANR and cannot be changed...and if I want to add a user from the desktop...how do I do that?
(lets say I want to add the username Roni from the desktop...what do i type??)

 

[office politics]

add | advanced | click find now, select roni. ok, ok

 

[office politics]

location should be the local machine name

 

[Rawan AbuSalman]

oh...i see...but the Roni it displays is found on ABOUSALMANR which is the laptop...and I want to give permission to RONI on the desktop....

 

[Rawan AbuSalman]

this method gives users on this machine permission...I want to give users on the network (my desktop) permission....

 

[office politics]

when you access a file over your network, windows sends the user//pass of the user logged into the client to be authenicated by the host. the host looks for the user//pass in its local users DB. if the user//pass is incorrect, you should be prompted for a user//pass. Once authenicated, you assume the rights of that user for the host pc.

 

[Rawan AbuSalman]

ok...so when I try to access a file on the laptop from my desktop...the username of my desktop is sent to the laptop db...and authenticated...?(i dont have a password on my desktop...im the only user)