Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Administrator's Companion, 2nd Edition

Chapter 10. Managing File Resources

• Sharing File Resources

• Share Permissions vs. File Permissions

• NTFS Permissions

• Shared Folders

• NFS Shared Folders

• Publishing Shares in Active Directory

• Summary

As we’ve said in previous chapters, the whole point of a network is to share resources among the users. Your goal as a system administrator is to make sure everyone can find and use the resources they need without compromising security. Sharing and permissions are extensions of the security features that begin with user accounts and passwords and are at the heart of an administrator’s responsibilities.

Sharing File Resources

Windows Server 2003 supports four kinds of file resource sharing:

• Shared Folders

• Network File System (NFS) Shared Folders

• Active Directory Shared ...