Two types of privileges that are used by XP to control access
are rights and permissions. You may be wondering what the
difference is.
Rights allow a user to perform an action like
logging on or changing certain settings. Permissions allow the
user to access objects such as drivers, files, folders and
printers. Permissions can be further broken into two types: NTFS
permissions and shared folder permissions.
Shared folder
permissions determine who can access an object across the
network. You set them by right clicking the object and selecting
Sharing and Security, then clicking the Sharing tab. NTFS
permissions apply to others accessing the object, whether over
the network or sitting at the local machine logged on with a
different user account. As the name implies, they can only be
used on partitions that are formatted in NTFS. You set them by
once again right clicking and selecting Sharing and Security,
and this time clicking the Security tab.
If you're running XP
Home Edition, you won't see a Security tab - unless you boot
into Safe Mode. |