User`s guide

Setting Up a Computer as a File Server
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5
Using a NetBIOS Network
❑ To create a shared folder on a FAT or FAT32 format disk (If the [Security] tab is undisplayed),
click [Permissions]. Select or add the users or groups you want to give access to the shared
folder to. Under [Permissions], select both [Change] and [Read] ➞ click [OK].
❑ To create a shared folder on an NTFS format disk, click the [Security] tab. In the [Security]
sheet, select or add the users or groups you want to give access to the shared folder to.
Under [Permissions], select both [Write] and [Read & Execute], or a higher access authority.
For data in the folder, check both [Write] and [Read], or a higher access authority.
❑ Click [OK] ➞ close the properties dialog box of the shared folder.
NOTE
• To display the [Security] tab in Windows XP, open Folder Options ➞ deselect [Use simple file
sharing]. However, you can share folders and files with [Use simple file sharing] selected. Select
or deselect [Use simple file sharing] to suit your environment. For details about the settings, see
the manual provided with Windows XP.
• In the Active Directory environment, the procedures for specifying the security settings of the
shared folder differ from the above. For details, see the Windows manual.
6 If you are using the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
environment, specify the following settings.
❑
Click the [Start] menu ➞ point to [Administrative Tools] ➞ click [Domain Controller Security
Policy].
The [Domain Controller Security Settings] window appears.