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Resource Sharing Over a Network
Guide to Operating Systems
Second Edition
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Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the
exercises you will be able to:
• Explain the principles behind sharing disks and
files on a network
• Set up accounts, groups, security, and disk and
file sharing on network server operating
systems
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Objectives
After reading this chapter and completing the
exercises you will be able to:
• Set up disk and file sharing on client operating
systems
• Set up printer sharing on server and client
operating systems
• Discuss how network and Internet servers are
used for vast information-sharing networks
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Sharing Disks, Files and Printers
• Sharing files was one of the first reasons for linking a
workstation’s operating system onto a network, and it
remains one of the most important reasons for
networking
• In terms of network operating systems, NetWare was
early on the scene at the start of the 1980s to enable file
sharing through a server
• This was possible through two methods: (1) by
downloading a file from a file server to a workstation,
and (2) by purchasing third-party software to create a
special shared drive for other computers or workstations
to access over a network
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Sharing Disks, Files and Printers
• Downloading a file directly from a file server was
one of the first methods for sharing files, and was
incorporated in the first version of NetWare
• The concept of sharing resources quickly
blossomed into other ways to access files, such
as making shared drives available on a network,
and making each shared drive look just like
another local drive at the client
• When a workstation accesses a shared drive, the
process is called mapping
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Sharing Disks, Files and Printers
• Mapping is a software process that enables a
client workstation to attach to the shared drive
of another workstation or server, and assign it a
drive letter
• The network drive that is attached is called a
mapped drive in Windows-based operating
systems
• In the Mac OS, a mapped drive is called a
mounted volume
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Securing Shared Resources
• Sharing disks, files, and printers is a potential
security risk because it is then possible for
non-authorized users to access a file or use a
printer
• Fortunately, all of the operating systems
discussed in this book offer security
measures for protecting shared resources
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Securing Shared Resources
• Access to a file, directory, or disk can be
denied to those who are not authorized
• Access to a shared network printer can be
given to only a specific group of people
• Also, permission to manage print jobs, such as
to delete or prioritize the jobs submitted by
coworkers, can be granted only to one or two
qualified people who have the responsibility
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Sharing Disks and Files Through
Server Network Operating Systems
• Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server,
Windows .NET Server, UNIX, Mac OS X Server,
and NetWare are prime examples of server
network operating systems that can share disks
and files over a network
• Further, each operating system enables the
network administrator to establish security
through techniques such as assigning accounts,
account passwords, groups, and access
privileges
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Windows NT Server
• Windows NT Server uses accounts, groups, and
permissions; in this respect, it is similar to UNIX
and NetWare
• The steps involved in sharing Windows NT Server
resources over a network include setting up the
following:
– Groups
– Account policies
– User accounts
– Permissions
– Shared disk and folders
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Windows NT Server
• With Windows NT Server, you use groups to
manage resources and permissions to
resources in a way that is similar to NetWare
and UNIX
• Windows NT Server employs two kinds of
groups: local and global
• A local group is generally used to manage
resources such as shared disks, folders, files,
and printers
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Managing Shared Resources
Using Local and Global Groups
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Windows NT Server
• A global group typically consists of user accounts,
and can be made a member of a local group that is in
the same or a different domain
• A domain is a grouping of servers in a particular
geographic area, business unit, department, or other
functional area
• The process of controlling shared resources in
Windows NT involves creating the resource, such as a
shared folder, and then creating a local group that has
specific permissions to that shared resource
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Windows NT Server
• Finally, a global group is created and user accounts
are added to that global group, which is then
designated as a member of an appropriate local group
• The headquarters domain that contains the global
group for managers is designated as a trusted
domain, which means that it is granted access to the
resources in each of the other domains
• Also, the four other domains are designated as
trusting domains, which means that they grant
permission to the headquarters domain to access
their resources
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Windows NT Server
•
Global and local
groups are
created by using
the GUI tool, User
Manager for
Domains, in
Windows NT
Server
•
Figure 9-2
illustrates the
Windows NT
dialog box that is
used to create a
new global group
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Windows NT Server
• User accounts are also created through the User
Manager for Domains
• Windows NT Server uses account policies and
restrictions, as does NetWare, which accomplish
many of the same ends as follows:
– Require a password
– Set a minimum password length
– Require that a password is changed within a specified
interval
– Require that a new password is used each time the old
one is changed
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Windows NT Server
– Limit the number of
unsuccessful attempts to
log onto an account
– Set time restrictions that
specify when users can
log on
– Set intruder detection
capabilities
– Specify from which
workstations an account
can be accessed
– Control remote access to
a server, such over as a
dial-up line
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Windows NT Server
•
As is true for
UNIX and
NetWare, access
privileges
(permissions)
are associated
with Windows NT
Server disks,
folders, and files
•
Windows NT
Server
recognizes two
main file
systems, FAT16
and the NT File
System (NTFS)
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Attributes and
File Permissions Compared
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Attributes and
File Permissions Compared
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Attributes and
File Permissions Compared
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Windows NT Server
• After groups, user accounts, and permissions are
set up in Windows NT Server, disk volumes,
folders, and files can be accessed through the
network by creating shares
• A share is an object—a disk or folder, for
example—that is given a name and made visible
to network users, such as through Network
Neighborhood in Windows 95, 98, and NT, or My
Network Places in Windows 2000 and XP
• A disk or folder is shared through its properties
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Windows NT Server
•
Figure 9-4 illustrates the
sharing properties for a
folder called “Public”
•
One of the problems
associated with
permissions is that there
can be permission conflicts,
such as between the NTFS
permissions granted to a
user account, and those
granted to a group to which
the user belongs
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Windows NT Server
• Or, there can be a conflict between the NTFS
permission granted to a user or group and the share
permissions granted to the same user or group
• When you assign or troubleshoot permissions,
remember that NTFS permissions are cumulative with
one another (accept for No Access), but share
permissions are not cumulative with NTFS
permissions
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Windows NT Server
• NTFS and share permissions on the same folder
are not cumulative, however
• A summary of the permissions rules are:
– NTFS permissions are cumulative, with the exception
that if an account or group is given No Access, this
overrides other permissions
– When a folder has both NTFS and share permissions,
the most restrictive permissions apply
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Windows NT Server
• There are only four share permissions, as
follows:
– No Access: The specified groups and users have no
access
– Read: The specified groups and users can read and
execute files
– Change: The specified groups and users can read, add,
modify, execute, and delete files
– Full Control: The specified groups and users have full
access to the files and folders, including the ability to
take ownership or change permissions
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Windows 2000 Server
• Windows 2000 Server is similar to Windows NT Server
in that it uses groups, account policies, user
accounts, permissions, and shared disks and folders
to offer resources over a network
• The principles for how you use these elements are the
same in Windows 2000, but new features are added
because Windows 2000 can deploy Active Directory
• When Active Directory is not implemented in Windows
2000 Server, the scope of resources is limited to the
standalone server, and only local groups are created
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Windows 2000 Server
• In contrast, the implementation of Active
Directory increases the scope from a local server
or domain to all domains in a forest
• The types of groups and their associated scopes
are as follows:
– Local
– Domain local
– Global
– Universal
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Windows 2000 Server
• In Windows 2000, all of these groups are defined as
security or distribution groups
• Security groups are used to enable access to
resources on a standalone server or in Active
Directory
• Distribution groups are used for e-mail or telephone
lists, to provide quick, mass distribution of
information
• When Active Directory is implemented, Windows 2000
Server adds the ability to have container objects that
are larger than domains: trees and forests
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Windows 2000 Server
•
A container object is an entity that is used to
group together resources in a directory service,
such as Microsoft’s Active Directory
• A tree consists of one or more domains, and a
forest houses one or more trees
• When Active Directory is not installed, you
create a local group or a user account by rightclicking My Computer on the desktop, clicking
Manage, and clicking Local Users and Groups
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Windows 2000 Server
•
Figure 9-5 illustrates
how to use the Active
Directory Users and
Computers tool to
create a new global
security group
•
In Windows 2000
Server with Active
Directory installed,
access rights and
account policies are set
up through group
policies that can apply
to a local server, a
domain, or an entire
tree of domains
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Windows 2000 Server
• Before any accounts are created, it is wise to
establish the account policies, such as for a
domain
• You can set account policies that are similar to
Windows NT Server 4.0, but in Windows 2000
Server, there are more options, which are
grouped in three categories:
– Password Policy
– Account Lockout Policy
– Kerberos Policy
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Windows 2000 Account Policies
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Setting NTFS
Permissions in Windows 2000
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Windows 2000
NTFS Folder and File Permissions
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Windows 2000 Server
• The available share
permissions are:
– Read: permits groups or
users to read and execute
files
– Change: enables users to
read, add, modify,
execute, and delete files
– Full Control: provides full
access to the folder
including the ability to
take control or change
share permissions
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Windows 2000 Server
• Notice that the dialog box in Figure 9-8 has a button for
caching
• Caching enables you to set up a folder so that it can be
accessed by a client, even when the client is not connected
to the network
• Also, Windows 2000 enables you to set up Web sharing,
which makes files available on a Web server for HTML or
FTP access
• Tables 9-3 and 9-4 show the two sets of permissions used
for Web sharing: access permissions and application
permissions
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Windows 2000 Server
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UNIX
• Access to directories and files on a UNIX server
is also governed through user accounts, groups,
and access permissions
• Each user account in UNIX is associated with a
user identification number (UID)
• Also, users who have common access needs can
be assigned to a group via a group identification
number (GID), and then the permissions to
access resources are assigned to the group,
instead of to each user
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UNIX
• The password file (/etc/passwd) contains the following
kinds of information:
– The user name
– An encrypted password or a reference to the shadow file, a file
associated with the password file that makes it difficult for
intruders to determine the passwords of others
– The UID which can be a number as large as 60,000
– A GID with which the user name is associated
– Information about the user, such as a description or the user’s
job
– The location of the user’s home directory
– A command that is executed as the user logs on, such as
which shell to use
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UNIX
• The shadow file (/etc/shadow) is normally
available only to the system administrator
• It contains password restriction information that
includes the following:
– The minimum and the maximum number of days
between password changes
– Information on when the password was last changed
– Warning information about when a password will expire
– Amount of time that the account can be inactive before
access is prohibited
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UNIX
• The useradd command enables you to create a
new user
• The parameters that can be added to useradd
include the following:
– -c gives an account description
– -d specifies the user’s home directory location
– -e specifies an account expiration date
– -f specifies the number of days the account can be
inactive before access is prohibited
– The remainder are listed on pages 454 and 455 of the
textbook
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UNIX
• Home directories are areas on the server in
which users store data
• If you do not want a group automatically
created at the time you create an account, use
the –n parameter with the useradd command
• Useradd, usermod, and userdel generally work
in all versions of UNIX except IBM’s AIX, which
uses mkuser, chuser, and rmuser
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UNIX
• Information about
groups is typically
stored in the
/etc/group file (see
Figure 9-10), and
group security
information is in the
/etc/gshadow file
(or the
/etc/security/group
file in AIX and the
/etc/logingroup file
in HP-UX)
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UNIX
• UNIX files are
assigned any
combination of
three
permissions:
read, write, and
execute
• Executable
programs can
have a special set
of permissions
called Set User ID
(SUID) and Set
Group ID (SGID)
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UNIX
• Permissions are granted on the basis of four criteria:
ownership, group membership, other (or World), and
all (all is not used in every version of UNIX, but is
included in Red Hat Linux)
• Permissions are set up by using the chmod command
in UNIX
• Chmod has two different formats, symbolic and octal
• In the symbolic format, you specify three parameters:
(1) who has the permission, (2) the actions to be taken
on the permission, and (3) the permission
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Mac OS X Server
• The Mac OS X Server is built on the Mac OS X
foundation, but is designed as a true server for
file sharing, printer sharing, managing network
users and groups, and providing Web services
• A computer running Mac OS X Server can
support up to several thousand users
• Mac OS X Server includes the Apache Web server
software, which was originally designed for UNIX
computers and has been adapted for Mac OS X
Server
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Mac OS X Server
• Through Apache, you can set up multiple Web sites
and enable users to participate in Web authoring
• As is true of Mac OS X , Mac OS X Server supports
TCP/IP and AppleTalk
• Two important tools are included with Mac OS X
Server that enable server management: Server Admin
and Macintosh Manager
• Accounts and groups can be created and managed
through the Server Admin tool
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Mac OS X Server
• Through Server Admin, you can set up logging of
events on a Mac OS X Server
• The events log can include:
– Login and Logout events
– Opened files
– Newly created files
– Newly created folders
– Deleted files and folders
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NetWare
• When a Novell NetWare server is installed, one of the
first projects is to design a file structure that makes it
easy to establish drive mappings
• Consider, for example, a NetWare server set up for
use by accountants
• The main disk volume composing the root directory is
the system volume, called the SYS volume
• The server would have default directories on the SYS
volume created during installation, which are
available to users, such as PUBLIC, LOGIN, HOME,
APPS, and DATA
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NetWare
• Before users can access any shared directory, the network
administrator performs several tasks to prepare the server
before it is made available on the network
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NetWare
• Net Administrator tasks include the following:
– Set security on each directory, subdirectory, and on
particular files
– Create an account and account password for each user
who needs to access the server
– Set up groups as a way to provide shortcuts for
managing security
• After the server is prepared for network access,
individual users log onto their accounts and map
to particular drives
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NetWare Network Drive Mappings
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NetWare
• NetWare recognizes another type of network
drive, called a search drive, which is given
drive letters such as S1 for the first drive, S2 for
the second drive, and so on
• The difference between a mapped network
drive and a mapped search drive is that
NetWare can execute a file on a search drive,
regardless of whether the file is in the main
directory or in a subdirectory under the search
drive
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NetWare
• There are several ways to map a NetWare drive
from a client workstation operating system
• One way is to use the MAP command from the
MS-DOS prompt, or MS-DOS command prompt
window for Windows-based operating systems
• The syntax of the MAP command is MAP drive: =
volume:directory[\subdirectory] for regular
network drives, and it is
MAP#:=volume:directory[\subdirectory] for
search drives
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NetWare
• Another way to set up the same search drive (so that you
map it each time you log onto your account) is to put the
MAP command in a NetWare login script
• A login script is a file of commands that is stored on the
NetWare server and associated with an account or a group
of accounts
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NetWare
• Access to a NetWare shared drive is granted
through creating an account for each user
• A user account can be set up using several kinds
of restrictions, which include:
– Requiring a password
– Setting a minimum password length
– Requiring that a password is changed within a specified
interval of time
– The remainder are listed on page 462 of the textbook
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Password Restrictions
in NetWare Administrator
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NetWare
• After accounts are set up, the network
administrator can grant rights to access specific
directories, subdirectories, and files
• The rights control the ability to:
– Perform a directory listing
– Create a new directory, subdirectory, or file
– Read the contents of a directory, subdirectory, or file
– Write to the contents of a file
– Refer to the list on page 463 of the textbook for the rest
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NetWare
• Rights are assigned by making a user or group a
directory or file trustee
• Rights also can be inherited on the basis of the
rights already assigned to higher level
directories, and they can be inherited based on
container objects
• User accounts, groups, printers, directories,
subdirectories, files, and other resources in
NetWare are considered objects (and the same is
true for Windows NT/2000/.NET Server)
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NetWare
• Information about objects, such as rights that are
associated with them, is stored in the Novell Directory
Services (NDS)
• A portion of the NDS is used to store information
about clients, which are one example of NDS leaf
objects in an organization container, given various
levels of authorization to access NetWare servers
• A directory service provides three important functions
on a network: a central listing of resources, a way to
quickly find resources, and the ability to access and
manage resources
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Accessing and Sharing
Disks and Files Through Client
Network Operating Systems
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• Many operating systems include the
ability to act as clients, to map to disks
and directories on servers
• Some client operating systems can share
files and folders as well
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• Windows 95/98/Me have nearly the same capabilities
to access shared disks and folders
• All three operating systems also can offer shared
resources for other network workstations to access
• These operating systems enable access to resources
through two access control techniques
• One, called share-level access control, creates a disk
or directory share that is protected by share
permissions, and on which the share owner can
require a password for access
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• The second technique,
called user-level access
control, requires the share
owner to create an access
list of groups and users
who are allowed to access
the share
• In share-level access, you
create a share that is
similar to a share created
on a Windows NT or 2000
server
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• The difference is that several hundred
simultaneous users (depending on the server
resources, such as CPU and memory) can access
a Windows NT or 2000 Server share, whereas, a
computer running Windows 95/98/Me is designed
to host 10 or less (also depending on the
workstation resources)
• There are three share-level access permissions in
Windows 95, 98, and Me:
– Read-Only
– Full
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• The Read-Only and Full permissions can be assigned
with or without a password
• The default is to use no password, which simply
means that you leave the password box empty
• A list of users and groups also can be obtained from
Windows NT Workstation or Windows 2000
Professional
• To obtain a list of valid users and groups, you specify
either the domain name or the name of a computer
that has a defined set of users and groups
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• Users and groups are given three kinds of
access:
– Read-Only
– Full
– Custom
• Before setting up share-level access or userlevel access, it is necessary to install file and
printer sharing services
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Windows 95, 98,
and Me Custom Share
Permissions for User-Level Access
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• To map a drive that
is shared by another
computer, Windows
95 and 98 use the
Network
Neighborhood utility
on the desktop,
while Windows Me
uses the newer My
Network Places
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows 95/98/Me
• To disconnect a mapped drive, you right-click the
drive in My Computer or Windows Explorer, and
click Disconnect on the menu
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Accessing and Sharing Resources
in Windows 2000 Professional
• Mapping a drive in Windows 2000
Professional and Server is similar to the
process used for Windows 95/98/Me, but
Network Neighborhood is replaced by My
Network Places
• The steps for mapping a drive in Windows
2000 are shown on page 468 of the
textbook
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows XP
• Windows XP uses My Network Places to
locate and map network drives, but this tool
offers more options in Windows XP than in
Windows 2000
• You can access My Network Places using
several techniques, such as through the
Control Panel or Windows Explorer, but
among the fastest is to use the steps
illustrated on page 469 of the textbook
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Accessing and Sharing
Resources in Windows XP
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Accessing Shared Resources
via UNIX and Specialized Utilities
• UNIX computers can access resources on other
computers that support the Network File System
(NFS), which provides file transfer capabilities
• Accessing shared resources on a Windows NT Server
provides one example of how UNIX can participate as
a network client with the ability to access shared
resources
• One way to support a UNIX client in Windows NT
Server is to implement third-party disk sharing
software that employs NFS, such as Intergraph
DiskShare (recommended by Microsoft as compatible)
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Accessing Shared Resources
via UNIX and Specialized Utilities
• Typically UNIX share permissions include:
– Root
– Read-write
– Read-only
– No access
• Windows 2000 Server comes with a software
component called Services for UNIX that can be
installed using the Add/Remove Programs icon
on the Control Panel
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Accessing Shared Resources
via UNIX and Specialized Utilities
• This software component works with Sun Solaris,
DEC/Compaq/HP UNIX, and Hewlett-Packard’s HP-UX
Services for UNIX includes the following components
– Server and client software to run NFS for file sharing between
UNIX and Windows 2000 computers
– Server and client software for Telnet, so that a UNIX computer
can log on remotely to a Windows 2000 server and vice versa
– Ability to synchronize passwords between Windows 2000
servers and UNIX computers for accounts used by the same
account holders
– Various UNIX utilities that can be used from Windows 2000,
such as the Korn shell
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Accessing and
Sharing Resources via Mac OS
• The Mac OS offers two ways to connect to shared
resources on a network: the Chooser and the Network
Browser
• The Chooser is the original way to access shared
network volumes, which can be an entire disk drive or
a directory, depending on the way in which the
resource is set up
• The Chooser is available up through Mac OS 9.x
• In Mac OS X, you connect to another computer that is
sharing a disk or folder by using the Go menu
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Accessing and
Sharing Resources via Mac OS
• To mount a shared drive, open the Go menu, and select
Connect To Server
• Mac OS X regards both computers configured as servers
and computers that share drives or folders
• The Connect to Server window provides a list of computers
to which you can connect, and gives you three ways to
connect to a computer:
– By selecting the computer in the pop-up menu
– By selecting the computer from the list in the right pane
– By entering the AFP (Apple File Protocol) or IP address of the
computer in the Address box—by typing afp://200.92.10.8, for example
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Accessing and
Sharing Resources via Mac OS
• Files are shared from a Macintosh workstation by
first creating users and groups, and then defining
which files to share
• As in server operating systems, a Macintosh user
is set up by assigning an account and a
password
• Also, groups can be established that consist of
accounts with the same access
• The process of creating a new user in Mac OS 9.x
involves these steps
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Using the Chooser
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Accessing and
Sharing Resources via Mac OS
• In Mac OS X, you establish the network identity and
turn on file sharing through System Preferences
• Privileges are set in order to enable users and groups
to access the folders and files you wish to share
• There are four kinds of privileges that can be set:
– None: No access to files
– Read-Only: Access to only read the contents of files only
– Write only: Access to write files, but not open them
– Read & write: Access to open and write files
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Sharing Printing Devices
• All of the operating systems discussed in
this book have the ability to share printers
as well as disks, directories, and files
• The sections that follow describe how
printers are shared through these
operating systems
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Windows-based Systems
• Printing is configured in Windows-based systems
by using the Add Printer Wizard to set up a
printer
• Once a printer is set up, it appears in the Printers
folder
• In Windows 95 through Windows XP, you share a
printer by first opening the Printers folder
• In Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000, click Start, point to
Settings, and click Printers
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Windows-based Systems
• In Windows XP,
click Start, and
click Printers and
Faxes
• Select the printer
you want to share
and right-click it to
access menu
options, such as
those shown in
Figure 9-20
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Windows-based Systems
• When you configure
sharing in Windows
NT and Windows
2000, particularly in
the Server versions,
make sure that you
configure sharing
permissions for the
shared printer
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Windows-based Systems
• The printer share permissions for Windows
NT are :
– No Access: Cannot access the shared printer
– Print: Can send print jobs and manage your own
jobs
– Manage Documents: Can send print jobs and
manage yours or those sent by any other user
– Full Control: Have complete control, including the
ability to change share permissions, turn off
sharing, and delete the share
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Windows-based Systems
• For windows 2000, the following share
permissions are checked for allow or deny:
– Print: Can send print jobs and manage your own jobs
– Manage Documents: Can send print jobs and manage
yours or those sent by any other user
– Manage Printers: Can access the share, change share
permissions, turn off sharing, configure printer
properties, and delete the share
• Mapping to a shared printer is an easy process in
Windows 95 through Windows XP
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UNIX
• UNIX printing in a networked environment is
essentially the process of logging on to the UNIX
server and printing to one of its printers
• Typically, when a UNIX server is accessed
through network connectivity, it is set up to use
the BSD or the SVR4 spooling system as
describe in Chapter 6
• In Red Hat Linux 7.2, you can set up a printer and
start lpd by using the GNOME Printer
Configuration tool
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Mac OS
• The Mac OS can make a connected local
printer available to other computers running
the Mac OS on a network
• Also, the Mac OS can attach to a shared
printer offered by another workstation on the
network
• In Mac OS 9.x, you use the Chooser utility to
set up a printer share, and to attach to a
shared printer through the network
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Mac OS
• Accessing a shared printer requires that you
first install a printer driver for the printer,
such as a driver for a LaserWriter 8 or a
StyleWriter 1200
• In Mac OS 9.x, there is the option to share a
USB printer
• For Mac OS X, printer sharing and accessing
a shared printer are handled through the Print
Center
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NetWare
• Shared printing in NetWare is accomplished
by using two different approaches
• Both approaches are relatively complex and
are only summarized in this chapter
• The first approach is to employ queue-based
printing, which is used for MS-DOS or
Windows applications
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NetWare
• The second is Novell Distributed Print Services
(NDPS), which is used for Windows applications, and
printers that have options tailored to NDPS
• The next step is to create a print queue for the printer
• For versions of NetWare that use NDS, the next step is
to set up an NDS printer object, which defines the
printer to NDS
• NDPS is a print service capability added in NetWare
5.0 and above
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Network and
Internet Resource Servers
• NetWare, UNIX, Windows NT/2000/.NET, and Mac
OS X servers can be set up as resource servers
to provide network and Internet resources
• All of these operating systems can act as servers
for many kinds of functions
• One of the most common is to handle e-mail
• Another area in which these operating systems
participate as resource servers is in videoconferencing and multimedia
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Network and
Internet Resource Servers
• Many companies are implementing videoconferencing
capabilities on servers and workstations as a way to
save money by reducing travel expenses
• Client/server applications are also a reality, and are
made possible by networks and servers
• A typical client/server application consists of three
components: a workstation running a Windows-based
operating system, a server from which to run
applications, and one or more database servers
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Internet Resource Servers
• These applications are made possible because
database software runs well on NetWare, UNIX,
and Windows NT/2000/.NET Server
• Web servers are another fast-growing
implementation of NetWare, UNIX, Windows
NT/2000/.NET, and Mac OS X servers
• Web servers provide a huge range of services
that include the ability to quickly access
information and download it through FTP
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Network and
Internet Resource Servers
• The uses for network servers are growing
at an unimaginable rate
• As networks are able to transport higher
volumes of traffic at faster speeds, the
implementation of servers grows
reciprocally
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Summary
• Resource sharing is why networks exist and
are thriving
• At first, networks were particularly designed
to share files
• One of the first methods of doing this was by
using protocols such as FTP to upload and
download individual files
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• One way to distinguish network-capable
operating systems is by classifying them as
server or client operating systems, although
in some cases, the distinctions are slight
• NetWare, UNIX, Windows 2000 Server, and
Mac OS X Server are four current popular
server network operating systems
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Summary
• Mac OS, UNIX, Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT
Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, and
Windows XP are examples of client network
operating systems
• All of these operating systems can share disks,
directories, and files for other computers to access
through a network
• Network server operating systems will be
particularly interesting to watch as they provide
more and more shared network and Internet
resources
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