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Exercise 8.3: Sharing a Directory on a Windows NT FAT Partition
Objective: Share an NT directory and assign share-level security to it.

Estimated time: 15 minutes
1.Click on Start, Programs. Then click on the Windows NT Explorer icon to bring up the Explorer window.
2.Select the root of the C: drive and then right-click on it to call a context-sensitive menu.
3.Select New, Folder. A folder appears under C:, and you are prompted to enter the name of the folder. Type Public and press Enter.
4.Click on the new Public folder (in the left window). The folder is highlighted and the right window is now empty.
5.Right-click in the right window to make a context-sensitive menu appear. Select New, Text Document. Name the document My Shared Doc.
6.Select the Public folder again. Click File, Properties (or use the quick menu and select Sharing from there) to call the Properties dialog box.
7.Click on the Sharing tab. Note that the directory currently is not shared.
8.Click the Shared As option. The Share Name box fills with “Public.” You can change or leave this initial name. In this case, change the share. Replace Public with My Share to illustrate the difference between a directory name and a share name.
9.Observe the Maximum Connections option. This option enables you to control the number of concurrent users accessing the folder. Leave the default, which enables unlimited concurrent connections to the share.
10.Click on the Permissions button to call the Access Through Share Permissions dialog box (see Figure 8.7). Observe that, by default, Everyone has Full Control over the new share.
11.Select the Everyone group and click the down arrow in the Type of Access box. The following four selections appear:
 
  • No Access. A member of any group with this permission is banned from the shared resource.
  • Read. Members can list, read, and execute files but cannot modify or delete them.
  • Change. Members can read, list, execute, and delete files but are not able to change file permissions or assume ownership of the files.
  • Full Control. Members have complete control of the resources, assuming that they have sufficient rights to match their permissions.
12.Click on Read in the Type of Access window. Observe that the permissions level for Everyone in the main window reflects the change.
13.Click on Add to call the Add Users and Groups window. Select the Local Training group and click the Add button. The Local Training group appears in the lower window. Click the Type of Access down arrow and select Full Control.
14.Click the OK button and observe that Local Training has been added to the list of groups with permissions to the share.
15.Click OK to close the window and then click OK on the Public Properties application.
16.In a few seconds, a hand appears under the Public folder, indicating that the folder has been shared.
  1. Test the share by connecting to it from a Windows 95 or a Windows NT client.