Chapter 6: Managing User Accounts and Permissions

Overview

User account and permissions management is an ongoing task that many A+ technicians face in their networking environments, depending on your job title and current responsibilities. Account and permissions management does not have to be terribly complicated, but it can certainly be aggravating, and depending on how accounts and permissions are used in your network, the task at hand can be confusing. Windows XP brings more local account configuration options to the table, with easier but more flexible account management strategies in Windows XP Professional. Windows XP supports folder permissions as well as NTFS permissions, which gives both local and shared folders more permission flexibility. In this chapter, we’ll take a practical approach to account and permissions configuration and management, and stay focused on the issues and problems you are likely to encounter in your job. In this chapter, you’ll...