Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out: Configuration, Storage, & Essentials

Chapter 19. File security, access controls, and auditing

Managing access permissions

Managing file shares after configuration

Managing claims-based access controls

Auditing file and folder access

Few aspects of the operating system are more important than file security, access controls, and auditing. These topics are so interconnected, in fact, that talking about one without talking about the others is difficult. File security and access controls protect important data on a server by restricting access. Auditing protects data by tracking who accessed files and folders and identifying the actions they performed.

Managing access permissions

You can think of access permissions as the base-level permissions—the permissions that are applied no matter what. ...