Re: ACL permissions

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From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:23:37 -0500

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:15:50 GMT, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

>
>For XP Home, it seems that I can set finely graded permissions from
>the security dialog within safe mode, or coarsely graded permissions
>from CACLS.
>
>Is there a mapping of permissions from CALCS to permissions in safe mode
>security dialog?
>
>I understand the finely graded safe mode permissions, but I am not sure
>what exactly is allowed by the simplified CALCS permissions. e.g. there
>is no delete permission in CALCS.
>
>I ask because safe mode is a pain in the *** when maintaining identical
>workstations on a LAN, and I would rather run a command file located on
>a server. My file would start by revoking all permissions to clear
>obsolete and duplicate entries from the ACL, then assigning just
>what is currently neccessary.
>
>
Let's see if I have this down: you want to set access policies for
folders on XP Home boxes from your central server. Is that it?

Bad idea, in that environment (client/server) to use XP Home. Pro is
a much better choice and you can push your Group Policies down on the
workstations much easier.

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