Description of user permissions, please?

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[XP Pro, running w/ simple file-sharing disabled:]
Hello, All
Can someone please give me the location of where to find a simple
description of the various XP folder permissions, & how they differ
from one another? When I right-click on a folder>Sharing and
Security>Security, I see a window with the group & user names listed,
and below that is a field w/ 7 different permissions frm which to
choose. My question is: In MSoft's view, how does "Modify" differ frm
"Read and Execute"? If a user has permission to "Write" to a folder,
don't they automatically have permission to Modify it? And what exactly
does MS mean by "Special" permissions?
I've spent a good 30 minutes linking around in the MS-KB, and reading
thru the links brought up when you enter "user permissions" into Help &
Support, and I have not been able to find any plainly-stated resource
to describe what is meant by those 7 different classes of permissions
and how they differ from each other.
Thanks much for your time & energy [:-))
terry b.
 
terry b said:
[XP Pro, running w/ simple file-sharing disabled:]
Hello, All
Can someone please give me the location of where to find a simple
description of the various XP folder permissions, & how they differ
from one another? When I right-click on a folder>Sharing and
Security>Security, I see a window with the group & user names listed,
and below that is a field w/ 7 different permissions frm which to
choose. My question is: In MSoft's view, how does "Modify" differ frm
"Read and Execute"? If a user has permission to "Write" to a folder,
don't they automatically have permission to Modify it? And what exactly
does MS mean by "Special" permissions?
I've spent a good 30 minutes linking around in the MS-KB, and reading
thru the links brought up when you enter "user permissions" into Help &
Support, and I have not been able to find any plainly-stated resource
to describe what is meant by those 7 different classes of permissions
and how they differ from each other.
Thanks much for your time & energy [:-))
terry b.
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Hi Terry,

Try starting here
(http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/acl_topnode.asp)
and take the links from there.

hth

george
 
Colin and George: Thanks very much to both of you for taking the
time....The table of Folder + File Permissions was exactly was needed
to clear up the confusion!
Have an excellent day [:-))

terry b.
 

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