Introduction to Shared Folders

1. 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.

2. Shared Folder Permissions • Are determined by the type of data in the folder. • Apply to the entire folder, not to individual files. • Don’t 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.

3. Types of Shared Folder Permissions • Read • Change • Full Control

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Creating and Sharing Application Folders

9. 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

10. Public Data and Working Data

11. 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.

12. 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 $.

13. Sharing a Folder

14. 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.

15. The Caching Settings Dialog Box

16. Assigning Shared Folder Permissions

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

18. Connecting to a Shared Folder • Map Network Drive wizard • Run command • My Network Places

19. 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.