You can use lusrmgr.msc [type in run box] to bring up Local Users and
Groups. Then under users you can create user accounts. Use groups to create
groups. It is easier to assign permissions to a local group than using
individual accounts. Create the group, add the members, and then assign
permissions to the folder for the group. In a workgroup, you will have to
create local users on every computer where a user will logon to that needs
to access a share on a computer and the computer that offers the share needs
to have a matching user account/password for the user to get access.
To add permissions to the share. Right click the folder and select
properties/share. It will ask a name for the share and then you can select
the permissions box to configure permissions for the share. Choices are
full, change, read. Read is if a user only needs read access and change for
if they need to write and or modify/delete files from the share. Full
permissions also allow a user to change permissions and take ownership IF
they also have those ntfs permissions. Share permissions apply only to
network users but work in conjunction with ntfs folder/file permissions
which you configure by selecting folder properties - security. A network
user's effective permissions will be the most restrictive of either share or
ntfs permissions. Ntfs permissions are much more granular than share
permissions. For both types of permissions generally give administrators
full control to both permissions [except for maybe user's home
folders,etc.]. Then give the user's group least needed permissions to get
the job done. Usually a base ntfs permissions of read/list/execute is
adequate and then add write where users have to write folders/files and
modify where users have to modify and delete folders/files also. --- Steve
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301195 -- this link may also be helpful.
