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What's the difference between the following permissions set at these levels: &nbsp;<br />
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file\folder\ntfs<br />
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I went onto our file server and under any folder found there are the following tabs: &nbsp;general/sharing/security/p<wbr />revious versions/customize.<br />
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My question is more related to why the permissions are set on the security tab as opposed to the sharing tab? &nbsp;Is there a best practice for setting permissions? &nbsp;This is within a Windows 2003 and soon to be 2008r2 environment.
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What's the difference between the following permissions set at these levels:  

file\folder\ntfs


I went onto our file server and under any folder found there are the following tabs:  general/sharing/security/previous versions/customize.

My question is more related to why the permissions are set on the security tab as opposed to the sharing tab?  Is there a best practice for setting permissions?  This is within a Windows 2003 and soon to be 2008r2 environment.

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.