After looking at the article, Best Practice for Windows File/Folder Security Management, I can see why people can have troubles with folder and file security. Bruno Lenski, the author of the article, provides several best practice rules for permission management. Personally, I find myself agreeing with all of Lenski's best practice rules.
The first best practice rule Lenksi mentions, is "never remove the administrator entry." If the administration entry were removed, which is used to access file information, then backups would not be carried out anymore, or recovering a file would take longer or be more difficult.
The next best practice rule mentioned, involves never using the "deny" permission. Lenski recommends using the allow permission instead, because deny is an overriding permission, that takes priority over the allow permission.
After that, Lenski recommends using the group permission to set up permissions for multiple persons. If you took the time to set up permissions for every single user, rather than just setting up a group, and adding a new user into that group, you would be wasting a lot of time, and you could potentially be making permission errors for various users.
The final rule mentioned, has to do with checking user permissions incase of doubt. This rule should be common sense, to second guess whether or not you set something up correctly the first time or not, for people.
Overall, I feel that the best practice rules Lenski presents, clearly informs readers about how to appropriately deal with file/folder security management.
Blog by Hans Harvey
Blog Post 8
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Author: Bruno Lenski
Title: Follow Best Practice for Windows File/Folder Security Management
Address: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cnl/38514
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