PERMISSIONS

What is Permissions:-

• Permissions define the type of access granted to a user, group, or computer to access resources.

• Permission can be applied to resources such as files, folders, and printers.

                 - Like: Privilege to read a file, delete a file, or to create a new file in folder.

Types of Permissions:-

1. Security Level Permissions
2. Share Level Permissions

1.Security Level Permissions:-

• Can be implemented Only in NTFS partitions.

• Security or NTFS Permissions can be set on drives, Folders, and Files.

• By default, security permissions will be inherited from its parent drive or folder.

• File permission override folder permissions.

• Creators of the file and folders are their owners.

• Different security Permissions are

                  - Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, Write, Read, List Folder Contents.

2.Share Level Permission:-

• It can be implemented on NTFS and FAT partition.

• It can be set on Drives and shared Folders but not files.

• What are shared folders?

               - Share folders can be accessed from network.
               - When you copy or move shared folder, the folder will no longer be shared.
               - To hide a shared folder, include a $ after the name of the shared folder & users access                          hidden shared folder by typing the UNC path.

• Different Share Permission are

               -Reader, contributor, Co-Owner