Re: Win2k Administrator login security issues

From: someone92 (someone92_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: 19 Sep 2004 14:15:46 -0700

Thanks a lot. And what about my NTFS vs FAT32 questions, can someone
give me some info on it?

Thanks in advance

> > - I have installed the system using only FAT32 partition, I have
> > noticed that only NTFS seems to support owners. My questions are: Does
> > using the USER account is safer only on NTFS file systems? If I have
> > installed it using FAT32 and convert it to NTFS, will correct owner
> > names will be attributed to system files ? (now they seems to be owned
> > by everyone). Should I convert my system to NTFS for security reasons?
> >
> > - Could I continue to use my administrator account but simply convert
> > to NTFS and change the file access permissions on system directories
> > to prevent modification. And restore them when I need to make some
> > changes.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: FAT32 or NTFS on an external USB disk drive???
    ... FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP ... computers... ... I assume that a fresh format will not introduce the odd boundaries ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: FAQ?
    ... > because I am concerned with which linux kernels can see NTFS, NTFS5, ... And why should a Linux group be concerned about NTFS file systems? ... every Linux kernel (with the NTFS filesystem builtin ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: Reading and writing files to a Windows partition
    ...  Is Linux access to Win32 and NTFS file systems reliable enough to ... not have to worry about? ... I think your question is whether the kernel is able to handle FAT32 ... and NTFS perfectly, or as least as well as MS Windows does. ...
    (Ubuntu)
  • Re: NTFS question
    ... Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP ... FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: stopping dpupdchk.exe
    ... If you do, then go to the file using Explore to access the exe and go to the Security tab, and for every user account that can access the exe, you'll set the permissions on each account to DENY READ & EXECUTE, so that no account can run the program, of course you have to right-click the file and then use Properties with Explore. ... Do you know what NTFS is about? ... NTFS is a major part of folder, file and registry secuirty, and permmions from NTFS is granted by user account. ... The user account is given permissions by NTFS (NT File System) to access folders, files and the registry by user account permissions. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)