resources and the filing system (NTFS). The administrator decides who gets access to which resources by setting up users and user groups. Each person is asked to choose a user name and password. Then the administrator identifies the needs and privileges of each individual user. Next the administrator grants users either full access, modify, change, read only, or no access at all to directories and resources on the network. In the house each roommate, trusted friend, and guest is given a user name and rights to the resources he/she needs. Roommates, as a profile group, have access to the Server’s C drive, which contains the core o/s. They are also given access to all directories on the D or storage drive except for the individual User and private directories. The User’s Folder has a directory for each user to store personal files on the Server. The read and write rights are given only to that user, so the data in that directory is secure. A Guest account is set up for anybody to use. This account is given minimal access to resources with no ability to adjust system settings or cause adverse affects. There were four operating systems to deal with on this project. Two laptops and one of the PC’s use windows 98 while another pc runs 2000 Advanced server, and the server uses NT 4.0 SP 6 with a dual boot of Linux Red Hat 7.0. Microsoft developed windows 98 for the home user and did not include adequate security with the FAT32 filing system. When a user logs onto a machine utilizing the windows 98 o/s, they have access to all the information on that computer and have the ability delete, change, or modify directories. In any event the server still secures the rest of the network and only grants access to the pre-determined resources. The NT and 2000 machines can be set up to allow different levels of users access inside that machine, and also restrict rights to others on the network. On these operating system...
