3.5. Sharing File System Resources
In this section, I discuss how to set up the Windows OS for sharing network resources. I begin with a discussion of some of the core options that must be set to network within a Windows OS.
Every Windows computer must have a computer name to participate in a Windows network, and each computer name must be unique on the network to properly address a specific computer. To review the steps to change your computer's name, take a look at the section, "Changing the computer name in Windows", earlier in the chapter.
3.5.1. User-level access control
Current versions of Windows operating systems use a type of access control known as user level access control. User-level access control means that when you share a resource out onto the network, you actually assign permissions to particular users. If someone wants access to the share, his or her user account has to have been given permissions to the share, and the user must log in with that particular account.
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