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What are Permissions?

Permissions define the type of access granted

to a user, group, or computer to access resource
objects.

Permissions can be applied to resources objects such as

files, folders, and printers

Like: Privilege to read a file, delete a file, or to create a

new file in folder.

Permissions can be assigned to users and groups in

Active Directory or on a local computer

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What Are Shared Folders?

You can share only folders, not files

Default permission on shared folders is Everyone, Read

When you copy or move a shared folder, the folder is no

longer shared

To hide a shared folder, include a $ after the name of

the shared folder

Users access hidden shares by typing the UNC path

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Types of Permissions

Share Level Permissions:

Can be Implemented on NTFS and FAT partitions

Applies to Share Folders only and can be access from

Network

Share Permissions can be set only on Drives and

Folders

Different Share Permissions are Read, Change, Full

Control

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Types of Permissions

Security Level Permissions:

Can be Implemented Only on NTFS partitions

Applies to Local NTFS Drives only

NTFS Permissions can be set on Drives, Files and

Folders

Different Permissions are Full Control, Modify, Read

& Execute, Write, Read, List Folder Contents

File permissions override folder permissions

Creators of files and folders are their owners

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Effects on NTFS Permissions When Copying or
Moving Files and Folders

When you copy files and folders, they

inherit the permissions of the destination folder

When you move files and folders to a different partition,

they inherit the permissions of the destination folder

When you move files and folders within the same

partition, they retain their permissions

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Effects on NTFS Permissions When Copying or
Moving Files and Folders

Copy
NTFS Partition
C:\ Move
NTFS Partition
NTFS Partition Move E:\
D:\

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What Is Offline Files?

Offline Files is a document-management

feature that provides the user with consistent online
and offline access to network files.

Advantages of using Offline Files:

Support for mobile users

Automatic synchronization etc

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How Offline Files Are Synchronized

Disconnected from the network

Files are synchronized at logoff. The user

works with the locally cached copy

Logged on to the network

Files are synchronized at logon. The user works with

the network version of the files

If a file has been modified in both locations

The user must choose which version of the file to

keep or to rename one file and keep both versions

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