FAT32 Sharing

erinexams

I'm looking for a good resource on the file/folder sharing capability of a FAT32 system with Simple File Sharing disabled. In particular, there was a practice test question that I got wrong:

You are the administrator at a small network environment with 8 Windows XP clients in a workgroup. You want to create a shared folder located on a FAT32 volume on one of the clients and use share permissions to protect it. When you open the Properties sheet of the folder you are about to share, you notice you are able to share the folder but there is not an option to assign share permissions to individual groups and users. What should you do?

The reference linked in the answer seems to only describe NTFS permissions.

Thanks in advance!

Erin

undomiel

It should be a matter of disabling simple file sharing and then you'll be able to assign share permissions. Since it is FAT32 you wouldn't be able to assign NTFS permissions of course.

Daniel333

I thought this did a pretty good job of explaining the NTFS vs. share permissions.
http://www.techexams.net/technotes/70290/permissions.shtml

And if you are looking for more of a video explanation this does well too,
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/evaluation/demos/sims/dayinlife/viewer.htm

Best of luck!