Chapter 10

Administering Shared Folders

In Chapter 9, "Securing Network Resources," you learned about Microsoft Windows 2000 file system (NTFS) permissions. You use NTFS permissions to specify which users and groups can gain access to files and folders and what these permissions allow users to do with the contents of the files or folders. NTFS permissions are only available on NTFS volumes. NTFS security is effective whether a user gains access to the file or folder at the computer or over the network. In this chapter you will learn how to make folders accessible over the network. You can only access a computer's folders and their contents by physically sitting at the computer and logging on to it or by accessing a shared folder on a remote computer. Sharing folders is the only way to make folders and their contents available over the network. Shared folders also provide another way to secure file resources, one that can be used on file allocation table (FAT) or FAT32 partitions. In this chapter you will learn how to share folder resources, secure them with permissions, and provide access to them.

Before You Begin

To complete this chapter, you must have

Completed the Setup procedures located in "About This Book"

Completed the exercises and obtained the knowledge and skills covered in Chapter 7, "User Account Administration," Chapter 8, "Group Account Administration," and Chapter 9, "Securing Network Resources"

Configured the computer as a domain controller in a domain