Exercise 8.5: Sharing a Directory Using Share-Level Security

Exercise 8.5: Sharing a Directory Using Share-Level Security

Objective: Share a Windows 95 directory using share-level security.

Estimated time: 10 minutes

1.	From the Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel to display the Control Panel.
2.	Double-click on the Network icon to display the Network dialog box (see Figure 8.9).
3.	Choose the Access Control tab and then choose share-level access control.
4.	Select the Configuration tab and choose File, Print Sharing to display the File and Print Sharing dialog box (see Figure 8.10).
5.	Select both the I want to be able to give others access to my files check box and the I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) check box to enable others to access your printers and files. Then choose OK to automatically install File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Share-level security is used by default when File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks is installed. The next exercise demonstrates how this can be changed. Conversely, File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks must use user-level security. The share-level security option is unavailable if File and Printer Sharing for NetWare Networks is installed.
6.	Choose OK and restart the computer.
7.	After Windows 95 has restarted, click Start, Windows Explorer and make a new folder on your C: drive named Password. Choose the Password directory and make a text file within it called Password Test.
8.	Right-click on the Password directory to display the context-sensitive menu.
9.	Choose Sharing from the context-sensitive menu to open the Sharing tab of the Properties application, as shown in Figure 8.11.
10.	Accept Password as the share name and choose Access Type: Read-Only. Enter a password for Read-only access of read and choose OK. The sharing hand symbol replaces the folder symbol for the shared directory.
11.	If you have another computer on the network, browse the first computer in Network Neighborhood to display the share name. The share name Password is displayed under the appropriate computer name.
12.	Double-click on the share name Password. You are prompted for the password.
13.	Enter read at the password prompt and choose OK to display the directory contents.
14.	Copy the Password Test file from the share to your local hard drive. The file read will be successful.

Modify the file and try to copy it back. Then try to delete the original in the shared directory. Neither the file write nor the file delete will be allowed.