What is the difference between share level permissions and NTFS permissions...??

Hello All,

What is the difference between share level permissions and NTFS permissions...??

Is there any changes in Windows server 2003 for share level permissions??

Thanking you.

Reply 1)

1 difference between NTFS and share level permissions is that NTFS permissions are applied irrespective of the folder being accesses locally or over the network. Share level permissions are applied ONLY when accessing the folder over a network.

Please contribute guys, there are many more differences between NTFS and share permissions.

Reply 2)

Alright, since no one is answering, below are the difference:

NTFS permissions can be applied to files as well as folders. These are applied at the NTFS level, which means that anyone who needs access to the file or folder must have NTFS permissions for it.

Share permissions can only be applied to folders. A person can access the folder locally, even if there is no explicit permission given to him. The only condition is, there should not be an explicit “Deny” share permission for the user.

A user can have different levels of NTFS and Share permissions. Let’s say a user has Read (NTFS) permission and Change (Share) permission, in this case, the most restrictive of the combined permissions gets effected.