RE: Share Permissions

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Meade [mailto:ben () lanwest com au]
>
> Just wondering in Win2K server, when I share a folder, I set the share
> permissions to full access for everybody, and then control access using
> the file permissions. (Basically cos it cuts down on administration, and
> I'm lazy.) Are there any security issues running this way, or is it much
> of a muchness?

  First of all, I presume that by "file" permissions, you mean "NTFS 
permissions" -- which, of course, presumes that you're *using* NTFS.

  If all that's true, then you're probably okay.  The remaining risk is
that you may make shares visible and even mountable (even if all other 
access is denied) to people whom you might prefer not even know they
exist.

David Gillett



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