Administering Shared Folders

System and Network

Administration
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Combining Shared Folder Permissions and

NTFS Permissions
• Strategies for Combining Shared Folder
Permissions and NTFS Permissions
• Practice: Managing Shared Folders
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Combined Permissions
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Combining Shared Folder Permissions and

NTFS Permissions
• Sharing folders provides network users with access to
resources.
• If a FAT volume is being used, the shared folder
permissions are all that is available to provide security for
the folders shared and the subfolders and files they contain.
• If an NTFS volume is being used, NTFS permissions can be
assigned to individual users and groups to better control
access to the files and subfolders in the shared folders.
• When shared folder permissions are combined with NTFS
permissions, the more restrictive permission is always the
overriding permission.
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Strategies for Combining Shared Folder

Permissions and NTFS Permissions
• Access to resources on an NTFS volume can be provided by
sharing folders with the default shared folder permissions and
then controlling access by assigning NTFS permissions.
• When a folder is shared on an NTFS volume, both shared
folder permissions and NTFS permissions combine to secure
file resources.
• Shared folder permissions provide limited security for
resources.
• Using NTFS permissions provides the greatest flexibility to
control access to shared folders.
• NTFS permissions apply whether the resource is accessed
locally or over the network.
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Combining Shared Folder Permissions, NTFS

Permissions
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Rules For Combining Shared Folder

Permissions and NTFS Permissions
• NTFS permissions can be applied to files and
subfolders in the shared folder.
• Different NTFS permissions can be applied to each
file and subfolder that a shared folder contains.
• Users must have access to both shared folder
permissions and NTFS permissions to gain access
to those files and subfolders.
• When shared folder permissions are combined with
NTFS permissions, the more restrictive permission
is always the overriding permission.
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Understanding Dfs
• Enables system administrators to make it easy for users to
access and manage files that are physically distributed across
a network
• Makes files distributed across multiple servers appear to
users as if they reside in one place on the network
• Organizes shared folders that can reside on different
computers
• Provides users with easy navigation to shared folders on
different computers
• Enables users to gain access to a network resource without
knowing its location on the network
• Facilitates administering multiple shared folders
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Dfs Functions
• Organizes resources in a hierarchy
• Facilitates network navigation
• Facilitates network administration
• Preserves network permissions
Assignment No: 1
• Using Windows XP Tools:
• Working with Services
• Using Event Viewer
• Using Scheduled Tasks
• Using Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance