Configuring Active Directory Domain Controller |
If your organization uses an Active Directory domain controller, configure: •File and printer sharing options •Security options For that, you can create a new group policy object (GPO) or change the parameters of an already existing object.
If you decided not to create a new object and to adjust the parameters of an existing one, open the window with appropriate settings.
Setting up file and printer sharing Allow inbound requests from client computers. Enabling of this firewall exception rule opens UDP ports 137 and 138 as well as TCP port 445 to the IP addresses specified in the rule. To allow file and printer sharing 1.In the navigation pane of the open window, expand the following: → → → → → → . 2.In the details pane, double-click and enable the rule. 3.In the text box, specify the required range of IP addresses. 4.Click to save the changes. Configuring security options Configure so as to allow local users to authenticate as themselves over network. To allow users to authenticate as themselves over network 1.In the navigation pane of the open window, expand the following: → → → → → . 2.For , set the value to . Applying configuration changes To apply these changes in domain policies (regardless of whether a new Group Policy Object was created or an existing Group Policy Object was configured), open the command prompt window and enter the following command: gpupdate/force. |