Using User-Level Security

For each network resource or service governed by user-level security, there is a list of users and groups that can access that resource.

To share a directory or printer with user-level security

  1. In Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click a resource and, in the context menu, click Sharing.
  2. In the resource's properties, click Add.
  3. In the Add Users dialog box, click a user or group, and then assign access rights as described in the following section.

For each user, there is a set of rights assigned for a resource. The kinds of rights that you assign depend on the kind of resource you are securing:

Permissions are enforced for a resource as follows:

When you do not explicitly assign access rights to a file or directory, Windows 95 uses implied rights. Implied rights are those assigned to a file or directory's nearest parent directory. If none of the parent directories (up to and including the root directory of the drive) have explicit rights, no access is allowed.

Note

Implied rights are displayed automatically in the properties dialog boxes of the shared file or directory.