rights on shared folder/files

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I'm confused about rights on shared folder/files.

There seems to be two kinds of rights, one for local users, one
for network users.

When setting up a shared folder, I can assign rights (full
control, change, read) to network users. What if I assign a user
with the change right but the same user doesn't have the change
right on the local level. Which would take precedent?

Any article that explains this? Thanks.
 
This was also my question awhile back.

Yes - there are 'two kinds of rights'. Network share rights are assigned
to network users, i.e., people using /other/ computers. The rights of
other users on /your/ computer are governed by the permissions assigned
to their user accounts. (For example: A Limited User can only access the
contents of their own My Documents folder plus the contents, if any, of
the Shared Documents folder.) User accounts on your computer are not
governed by network sharing.
 
I'm confused about rights on shared folder/files.

There seems to be two kinds of rights, one for local users, one
for network users.

When setting up a shared folder, I can assign rights (full
control, change, read) to network users. What if I assign a user
with the change right but the same user doesn't have the change
right on the local level. Which would take precedent?

Any article that explains this? Thanks.
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All this is explained fairly thoroughly in Microsoft's article:

"How to configure file sharing in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040>

Briefly, If Simple File Sharing (SFS) is turned off, then you
authenticate with a username and password and have access to all
sharable files as if you were that user logged in locally.

If SFS is turned on or if you have XP Home (which enforces SFS) then
access is granted through the "Guest" account with 5 access levels
which is explained in the above article. Details about SFS are also
explained.

HTH,
John
 
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