securing a folder or drive using 2000 pro

[Guest]

I am using 2000 to drive a machine which manages and acts as a fileserver.
It is currently on a closed network with no access to the outside world.
However!! That changes soon and will both be accessible via wireless and
over a net connected cable network. I need to secure the folder and or the
drive. Apart from restricting the number of users at any one time, how can I
restrict the users by name and password? i.e. choose specific users with
specific passwords full access rights?

Your assistance would be valued - keep answers simple, like me

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am using 2000 to drive a machine which manages and acts as a fileserver.
It is currently on a closed network with no access to the outside world.
However!! That changes soon and will both be accessible via wireless and
over a net connected cable network. I need to secure the folder and or the
drive. Apart from restricting the number of users at any one time, how can I
restrict the users by name and password? i.e. choose specific users with
specific passwords full access rights?

Your assistance would be valued - keep answers simple, like me

Make sure the folder resides on an NTFS volume, then apply
appropriate NTFS permissions. If unsure how to do this, click
Start / Help, then search for "Permissions".

 

[Kurt]

I am using 2000 to drive a machine which manages and acts as a fileserver.
It is currently on a closed network with no access to the outside world.
However!! That changes soon and will both be accessible via wireless and
over a net connected cable network. I need to secure the folder and or the
drive. Apart from restricting the number of users at any one time, how can I
restrict the users by name and password? i.e. choose specific users with
specific passwords full access rights?

Your assistance would be valued - keep answers simple, like me

First, I am assuming you are not in a Windows domain. That said:

Windows 2000 uses "User-level" security. For any user to access a share
from a workstation, that user must have a username and password that
match the same username and password on the server. If not, they'll have
to type a username/password every time they try to access the share. So
the first step is to make sure each user has a unique username and
password that they use to log on to their workstations. Then you must
create identical accounts on the server. The best place to assign
permissions is at the NTFS filesystem level. Those can be found on the
security tab of the folder's properties page. You can either add users
one at a time and assign the level of access appropriate, or you can put
users into groups ans assign the permissions to those groups. Because
you are exposing the network to wireless access, it is very important to
use strong passwords.

....kurt

 

[Guest]

Thank you indeed

Make sure the folder resides on an NTFS volume, then apply
appropriate NTFS permissions. If unsure how to do this, click
Start / Help, then search for "Permissions".

 

[Guest]

thank you indeed

First, I am assuming you are not in a Windows domain. That said:

Windows 2000 uses "User-level" security. For any user to access a share
from a workstation, that user must have a username and password that
match the same username and password on the server. If not, they'll have
to type a username/password every time they try to access the share. So
the first step is to make sure each user has a unique username and
password that they use to log on to their workstations. Then you must
create identical accounts on the server. The best place to assign
permissions is at the NTFS filesystem level. Those can be found on the
security tab of the folder's properties page. You can either add users
one at a time and assign the level of access appropriate, or you can put
users into groups ans assign the permissions to those groups. Because
you are exposing the network to wireless access, it is very important to
use strong passwords.

....kurt