Re: Setting Security/Permissions on a Folder??

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 07/01/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:31:03 -0700

You should say what you want. If you want simple file sharing, then turn
off "simple file sharing" and everyone will be authenticated as
Everyone. You don't need to learn how to use complex file sharing and
apparently you have no intent to learn. 

--
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
John T. <JohnT@hotmailX.com> wrote:
> As I said, I'm using a "peer-to-peer Windows XP Pro network" and
> don't have a file server as such. I also said "I have the advanced
> sharing options turned on" so you don't need to assume that. I don't
> want to set up individual accounts but rather administer rights thru
> the Everyone user since I intend to have the rights identical for all
> remote users.
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:utfTB$GICHA.2032@tkmsftngp08...
>> The share permissions and the file system permissions are used
>> together to grant access to files and folders.
>>
>> Normally you would want to manage group permissions, rather than
>> individual permissions. Since you are using "advanced" sharing I
>> assume you have disabled simple file sharing and you are using XP
>> Pro.
>>
>> Create accounts for everyone that will use the XP file server and
>> make them limited users. Create one for yourself to test. These
>> folks must logon to their own machine with this username and
>> password to gain transparent access to the XP file server.
>>
>> Create a folder and set the permissions on the security tab for the
>> Users group, which is the group you put all your users in when you
>> created their accounts. You want to set "read" permissions. Logon to
>> a limited account of your own and verify that you can only read and
>> execute. Restrict or remove the Everyone account and the Guests
>> account, if present.
>>
>> Now share the folder and give Users full permission. This will allow
>> them to see the shared folder, but the NTFS permissions will disallow
>> write permission. Make sure that Guest and Everyone are either
>> restricted or absent so they won't see anything. Now you can manage
>> User access using the NTFS permissions and not have to fiddle with
>> both permissions.
>>
>> --
>> Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
>> (Please respond only in the newsgroup)
>>
>> John T. <JohnT@hotmailX.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to do something that should be very simple but is
>>> anything but. On my peer-to-peer Windows XP Pro network I want to
>>> share a folder from my hard drive in such a way that all other
>>> users have only read and execute on all files in the folder and its
>>> sub-folders. I have the advanced sharing options turned on and I
>>> want to learn how to use them.
>>>
>>> First of all, I am confused by sharing permissions and security
>>> permissions. What is the difference between them and must I
>>> configure both? Then there's the allow and deny flags... and their
>>> involment in inheritance of "objects". For starters, what is an
>>> "object"? Why is this so freakin' complicated?
>>>
>>> Can someone please direct me to a concise explanation of this stuff.

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