LAN ManagementCommon LAN management activitiesAccess rightsUser accountsGroup accountsAutomatic Inheritance of Access RightsSummary QuestionsLAN Management© Abdou Illia, Spring 2007School of BusinessEastern Illinois University 3/6/2007 Lab2Common LAN management activities Assigning Access rights –What resources users can see –What actions users can take on resourcesCreating and managing user accounts and group accounts (e.g. Accounting group)Configuring and managing network services (webservice, email service, FTP service, print service, Remote Access Service, DNS, etc.)Implementing securityMonitoring network performance.3Access rightsList of Access rights found in most NOS:–Ability to see a directory of file–Ability to get a read-only copy of a file in a directory (i.e. copy that cannot be edited and then saved under the same name)–Ability to edit and then save a file–Ability to create and delete files–Ability to create and delete subdirectories–Ability to assign access rights in a directory to other users.ApplicationsWordProcessingsDatabasesDrive COracle QuickDB4User accountsA user account is a record that contains–User name–User password–Groups the user belongs to–User’s logon time, etc.Domain User Account: Allows users to log on to a domain and gain access to resources anywhere on the networkLocal User Account: allows users to log on and gain access to resources on the computer where the user account is createdBuilt-in User accounts:–Administrator, Guest,5Group accountsA Group account is a collection of User accountsUsers can be members of more than one groupIf access rights are assigned to a group–All members of the group get the same rightsUsing Groups greatly simplifies the assignment of access rights6Automatic Inheritance of Access RightsAssigning rights to user or group accounts in a directoryRights are automatically inherited in lower-level directories7Summary Questions1. Directory Applications has subdirectories Databases and WordProcessings. The Network administrator assigns user Lee to the group Outer. The administrator assigns Outer the access rights R, S, and T in Directory Applications. (Don’t worry about the meaning of R, S, and T. They are simply types of rights.) The administrator assigns Outer the access rights S, U, and V in subdirectory Databases. a) What access rights does user Lee have in directory Applications? Explain. b) What access rights does user Lee have in directory Databases? Explain. c) What access rights does user Lee have in directory WordProcessings?
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