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Windows 2000 Share Permissions

Share permissions are managed in a similar way to NTFS permissions. The main difference is they have no local significance, they apply only to people accessing files and folders over the network. You can limit the number of users allowed access to a shared folder at any one time across the network. To share a folder and set the share permissions right click the folder in explorer, select Properties, and select the Sharing tab. Share permissions are applied to a folder and act on files in that folder and sub-directories. The default share permission is Full Control for the Everyone group. To share a folder simply select Share This Folder. A name is automatically assigned to the share, you can accept this or provide your own name. You can hide a Shared folder from the browse list and My Network Places simply by placing a dollar sign ($) at the end of the share name. The share folder will be available to anyone who knows of its existence, the share name and has permission to access the share. Administrative shares on Windows 2000 are hidden this way by default. To set the share permissions for a folder select the Permissions button on the Sharing tab.



There are only 3 permissions associated with shares: Full Control, Change, and Read.

For a more in depth look at how to share folders across a network view this page.

Caching
Windows 2000 allows you to make shared files available off-line. This is a very handy feature, it allows the user to work on files even when the shared folder is not available on the network. It also allows a user to work on files on a laptop when they're not connected to the network. Further more it also speeds up access to the file in normal conditions because the file the user works on is kept in a cache on their local machine, also causing less drain on network bandwidth. To enable caching go to the properties of the share either by right clicking it in Windows Explorer and selecting "Properties" and selecting the "Sharing" tab, or using "Computer Management" right click the share, select "Properties", select "General" tab and click "Caching". You have 3 options, Manual Caching for Documents, Automatic Caching for Documents, and Automatic Caching for Programs. By selecting each one a full description is given in the "Caching Settings" dialog box.

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