Chapter 15

File and Print Management

In This chapter

  • Sharing folders and printers
  • Assigning permissions to users and groups
  • Using NTFS and assigning NTFS permissions
  • Understanding how share permissions interact with NTFS
  • Accessing resources

share n: an access point to a resource or set of resources on the network

In Chapter 14, “Account Management,” you looked at one half of the process of allowing users to access resources—creating users and groups. The other half of the process, covered here, is creating and making network resources available for these users to access. Numerous hardware and software components can be made available on the network, but by far the most commonly shared resources are printers and data directories.

In general, ...

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