Chapter 13. Managing File Security and Resource Sharing

  • File Security and Sharing Options 473

  • Controlling Access to Files and Folders with NTFS Permissions 478

  • Sharing Files and Folders over the Network 494

  • Using and Configuring Public Folder Sharing 507

  • Auditing File and Folder Access 508

Whether you are using Windows 7 in a domain, a workgroup, or a homegroup, few aspects of the operating system are more important than file security and file sharing. File security and file sharing are so interconnected that talking about one without talking about the other is difficult. File security protects important data on your systems by restricting access, and file sharing enables you to share data so that it can be accessed by other users.

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