CREATE AN ADDITIONAL SHARE NAME FOR A FOLDER

8. The system root folder, which is C:\Windows by default, is shared as

____________. Administrators can access this shared folder to administer Windows

XP Professional without knowing in which folder it is installed. Only members of

the Administrators group have access to this share. Windows XP Professional

assigns the Full Control permission to the Administrators group.

Lesson Summary

Simple File Sharing is a simplified sharing model that allows users to share or not

share a folder instead of applying NTFS and shared folder permissions. Simple File

Sharing is enabled by default on computers running Windows XP Professional that

are members of a workgroup. Simple File Sharing is not available on computers

that are members of a domain.

The three shared folder permissions are Read, Change, and Full Control.

To share a folder, you must be a member of the Administrators or Power Users

groups, or have the Create Permanent Shared Objects user right assigned to your

account.

The characteristics of shared folder permissions include:

Shared folder permissions apply to folders, not individual files.

Shared folder permissions apply only to users who connect to the folder over

the network.

Using shared folder permissions is the only way to secure file resources on

FAT volumes.

The default shared folder permission is Read, and it is assigned to the Every-

one group when you share the folder.

When you share a folder, you can give it a share name, provide comments to

describe the folder and its content, control the number of users who have access

to the folder, assign permissions, and share the same folder multiple times.