Re: workgroup permissions

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From: David Dickinson (eveningstar_at_dontabuseme.mvps.org)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 04:02:24 -0600

> But why do permissions appear when you uncheck the 'simple-sharing'
> option in folder options on a fat32 partition?

File sharing permissions are different from NTFS permissions. You can set
permissions for who can access folders and files via the network on an NTFS
/or/ on a FAT/FAT32 partition. NTFS permissions, on the other hand, affect
who can access files and folders both locally and via the network. Let's
say that you have an NTFS partition and are sharing the folder "My Network
Share" with user Alfred -- and only user Alfred -- on the LAN. Alfred would
have to be set up as a User and have permission to access the folder in both
Sharing and NTFS. If you give Alfred permission to access My Network Share
only in Sharing but he is not a member of a group that has NTFS permission
to access the folder locally, then attempts to access the folder from the
network would fail. (However, by default -- and most unfortunately --
Everyone is given NTFS permissions to access most folders, and that would
include Alfred.)

On a FAT32 partition, on the other hand, Alfred would have to have
permission to access My Network Share only in Sharing. 

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David Dickinson
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