S Vijay said:Hi,
I apologize for the previous posting which applies for Windows XP Pro. But
you can setup file permission in Windows XP Home edition by following the
detailed instructions given below:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308418&Product=winxp
#7
or
Note: Make sure to follow the instructions that is applicable for Windows
XP Home Edition.
SUMMARY
MORE INFORMATION
Permissions for Files and Folders
Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
How Inheritance Affects File and Folder Permissions
To View Effective Permissions on Files and Folders
Manage Shared Folders by Using Computer Management
Troubleshooting
REFERENCES
SUMMARY
In Windows XP, you can apply permissions to files or folders that are
located on NTFS file system volumes. This article describes how to set,
view, change, or remove permissions for files and folders.
MORE INFORMATION
Permissions for Files and Folders
Permissions for files and folders include Full Control, Modify, Read &
Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write.
Note This article assumes that you are using Windows XP on a domain. By
default, simplified sharing is enabled in Windows XP if you are not
connected to a domain. Therefore, the Security tab and the advanced options
for permissions are not available.
If you are not joined to a domain or are running Windows XP Home Edition
and want to view the Security tab, see the "Set, View, Change, or Remove
File and Folder Permissions" section.
1)Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions
2)To set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions, follow these
steps:
3)Click Start, click My Computer, and then locate the file or folder where
you want to set permissions.
4)Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the
Security tab.
Note If the Security tab is not available, see the "Troubleshooting"
section.
Use one of the following methods:
To set permissions for a group or a user that does not appear in the Group
or user names box, click Add, type the name of the group or the user for
whom you want to set permissions, and then click OK.
To change or remove permissions from an existing group or user, click the
name of the group or user.
Use one of the following methods:
To allow or to deny a permission, select the Allow or the Deny check box in
the Permissions for User or Group box, where User or Group is the name of
the user or group.
To remove the group or user from the Group or user names box, click Remove.
Click OK.
Important If you are not joined to a domain or are running Windows XP Home
Edition and want to view the Security tab, follow the steps for your
operating system.
Windows XP Professional
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options.
Click the View tab, and then clear the Use simple file sharing
[Recommended] check box in the Advanced settings box.
Click OK.
Windows XP Home Edition
Boot into safe mode, and then log in as Administrator or as an
Administrative User. The Security tab is available for files or folders on
NTFS file system volumes.
Notes:
The Everyone group does not include the Anonymous Logon permission.
You can set permissions only on drives that are formatted to use the NTFS
file system.
To change permissions, you must be the owner or have permissions to change
permissions by the owner.
Groups or users that are granted Full Control permissions for a folder can
delete files and subfolders in that folder, regardless of the permissions
that protect the files and subfolders.
If the check boxes in the Permissions for user or group box or the Remove
button are unavailable, the file or folder has inherited permissions from
the parent folder. For more information about how inheritance affects files
and folders, see Windows Help.
By default, when you add a new user or group, the user or group has Read &
Execute, List Folder Contents, and Read permissions.
How Inheritance Affects File and Folder Permissions
After you set permissions on a parent folder, new files and subfolders that
are created in the folder inherit these permissions. If you do not want the
files and folders to inherit permissions, click This folder only in the
Apply onto box when you set up special permissions for the parent folder.
If you want to prevent only certain files or subfolders from inheriting
permissions, follow these steps:
Right-click the file or subfolder
Click Properties
Click the Security tab
Click Advanced
Clear the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child
objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here check box.
If the check boxes are not available, the file or folder has inherited
permissions from the parent folder. There are three ways to make changes to
inherited permissions:
Make the changes to the parent folder so that the file or folder inherits
the permissions.
Click to select the opposite permission (Allow or Deny) to override the
inherited permission.
Clear the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child
objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here check box. When
you do so, you can make changes to the permissions or remove the user or
group from the permissions list. However, the file or folder does not
inherit permissions from the parent folder.
In most cases, Deny overrides Allow unless a folder inherits conflicting
settings from different parents. In this situation, the setting that is
inherited from the parent that is closest to the object in the subtree has
precedence.
Notes
Allow permissions are cumulative. Therefore, a user's permissions are
determined by the cumulative effect of all of the groups that the user
belongs to.
Deny permissions override Allow permissions. Use caution when you apply
Deny permissions.
Only child objects inherit inheritable permissions. When you set
permissions on the parent object, you can use the Apply onto setting to
determine whether folders or subfolders can inherit the permissions. You
can determine which permissions a user or group has on an object if you
view the effective permissions.
To View Effective Permissions on Files and Folders
To view effective permissions on files and folders, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click
Windows Explorer.
Locate the file or folder that you want to view effective permissions for.
Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the
Security tab.
Click Advanced, and then click the Effective Permissions tab.
Click Select.
In the Name box, type the name of a user or group, and then click OK. The
check boxes that are selected indicate the effective permissions of the
user or group for that file or folder.
Notes:
The calculation does not use the following Security Identifiers settings:
Anonymous Logon
Authenticated Users
Batch
Creator Group
Creator Owner
Dialup
Enterprise Domain Controllers
Everyone
Network
Proxy
Restricted
Self
Service
System
Terminal Server User
For example, a user tries to remotely access a file.
The Effective Permissions tab contains information that is calculated from
the existing permissions entries. Therefore, the information that appears
on that page is read-only and does not support the change of a user's
permissions if you select or clear permission check boxes.
Manage Shared Files and Folders by Using Computer Management
With the Computer Management tool, you can manage and view security
settings for files and folders. For more information about security and
permissions, click Help on the Computer Management toolbar.
To start the Computer Management tool, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Administrative Tools.
Click Computer Management, and then click Shared Folders.
Double-click Shares to view a list of shared folders.
Note A dollar sign ($) appears after the name of the share on every volume
on your computer that is shared. These shares are hidden administrative
shares that you cannot modify.
Double-click a shared folder to view the security settings for that folder.
Troubleshooting
If the Security tab is not available and you cannot configure permissions
for users and groups, either the file or folder that you want to apply
permissions to is not an NTFS drive or simple file sharing is enabled. To
troubleshoot, follow these steps:
Verify that the file or folder that you want to apply permissions to is an
NTFS drive. You can set permissions only on drives that are formatted to
use NTFS.
By default, simplified sharing is enabled in Windows XP unless you are on a
domain. To work around this behavior, disable Simplified Sharing.
REFERENCES
For additional information about special permissions for files and folders,
click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
308419 HOW TO: Set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files
and folders in Windows XP
For additional information about how to disable simplified file sharing,
click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
307874 How to disable simplified sharing and set permissions on a shared
folder in Windows XP
S.Vijay
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