3.3. Task 3.3: Managing Access to Resources
Once you have created user accounts and built groups with those accounts as members, you are ready to begin protecting your resources with access control lists (ACLs). There is a difference between protecting them from network access and protecting them from local access. You can allow access to a resource for those authorized to log on to the computer and at the same time deny access to anyone attempting to get to the resource from the network.
However, keep in mind that a user account can belong to two or more groups, and denial of access to a resource for one of the groups overrides permission for access to the same resource by another group. By the same token, if a user has the rights to access ...
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