Introduction to Shared Folders

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Introduction to Shared Folders

• Shared folders provide network users access to
  files.
• Users connect to the shared folder over the
  network.
• Users must have permission to access the shared
  folder.

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Shared Folder Permissions

• Are determined by the type of data in the folder.
• Apply to the entire folder, not to individual
  files.
• Dont restrict access to users at that computer.
• Are the only way to secure network resources on a
  FAT volume.
• Full Control is the default folder permission
  that is assigned to the Everyone group when you
  share a folder.

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Types of Shared Folder Permissions

• Read
• Change
• Full Control

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Allowing Shared Folder Permissions

• You can allow or deny shared folder permissions.
• You should allow, rather than deny, permissions.
• You should assign permissions to a group.
• You deny permissions only to override applied
  permissions.

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How Shared Folder Permissions Are Applied

• Multiple permissions combine.
• Denying permissions overrides other permissions.
• NTFS permissions are required on NTFS volumes.
• Copied or moved folders are no longer shared.

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Guidelines for Shared Folder Permissions

• Determine the level of access.
• Assign permissions to groups.
• Assign the most restrictive permissions.
• Organize resources.
• Use intuitive names.
• Use short shared folder names.

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Shared Application Folders

• Contain applications installed on a network
  server and used from client computers
• Make it unnecessary to install and maintain most
  components of the application on every computer

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Creating and Sharing Application Folders
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Shared Data Folders

• Are used to exchange public and working data
• Are created on a volume that is separate from the
  operating system and applications

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Public Data and Working Data
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Requirements for Sharing Folders

• In a domain environment
• Administrators and Server Operators groups can
  share folders anywhere in the domain.
• The Power Users group can share folders residing
  only on the local computer.
• In a workgroup, Administrators and Power Users
  groups can share folders on the local computer.
• On an NTFS volume, users must have Read
  permission.

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Administrative Shared Folders

• Windows 2000 automatically shares folders.
• Share names are appended with a dollar sign ().
• The root of each volume on a hard disk, C.
• CD-ROM drives, E.
• The system root folder, Admin.
• The systemroot\System32\Spool\Drivers folder,
  Print.
• You can share additional folders and append a .

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Sharing a Folder
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Caching

• Copies of the files in a shared folder are stored
  in a cache.
• The cache is on your hard disk, so files are
  available offline.
• The default cache size is 10 of the available
  disk space.
• You can change the size of the cache.

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The Caching Settings Dialog Box
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Assigning Shared Folder Permissions
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Modifying Shared Folders

• Stop sharing a folder.
• Modify the share name.
• Modify shared folder permissions
• Share a folder multiple times.
• Remove a share name.

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Connecting to a Shared Folder

• Map Network Drive wizard
• Run command
• My Network Places

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Strategies for Combining Permissions

• Share folders with the default permission.
• Use NTFS permissions to control access.
• Apply different NTFS permissions to each file and
  subfolder.
• The more restrictive permission always overrides.