Understanding user rights, NTFS permissions, and share permissions
First things first, let’s become familiar with user rights and permissions. If you open the Properties area of a folder in any Windows OS and then click on the Security tab, you will see the permissions for the <user> unit under the group or user names section. That section lists the following permission types:
- Full control allows you to read, write, modify, execute, change attributes and permissions, and delete files and subfolders.
- Modify allows you to view, modify, add, and delete files and sub-folders.
- Read & execute allows you to run and manage files.
- List folder contents allows you to view data files and a list of a folder’s content.
- Read allows you to view files and file properties.
- Write allows you to write in a file.
- Special permissions provides access to additional advanced permissions.
However, note that each permission may contain either an allowed...
