Server Administration - User Management
In a Nutshell - CIW Course Section 3, Part A2
Managing users and user accounts is an important part of any IT professional's role. This includes user permissions, or rights, and is key to any security policy.
How permissions can be implemented and administered is dependant upon the operating system in use, and, to some extent, on the file system that has been configured on the system. Each machine will, or can, have it's own set of policies, but, more usually, policies are enforced from a central location such as a domain controller.
Microsoft Windows 2000 can use active directory to centralise policies, and Novell Netware has a very similar system for this purpose.
Chapter Headings
As I have done with the other sections, the navigation links, to the left, are somewhat abbreviated so I have included the full chapter titles here:
- Chapter 1 - Authentication
- Chapter 2 - Permissions
- Chapter 3 - Best Practices
- Chapter 4 - User Administration
- Chapter 5 - Security in User Manager
- Chapter 6 - Shared Folders
- Chapter 7 - NTFS
- Chapter 8 - Users and Groups
- Chapter 9 - Password Management
Having spent many years administering Windows 2000 I was surprised that the course was still able to teach me a few things I hadn't been previously aware of. Silly things, which can be useful, like administering shared folders from the Computer Management Console.