Problem Set #5


 1. Of the following types of disk partitions that can be used with Windows NT, which support local file & directory security?

  1. FAT
  2. HPFS
  3. NTFS
  4. AFS

2. Name one condition that a user needs to have in order to set permissions for a file or directory.

3. In terms of file permissions, what do the following letters mean?

  1. R
  2. X
  3. W
  4. D
  5. P
  6. O

4. There are 4 pre-defined file permission levels in Windows NT. What are the names of the pre-defined levels?

5. Of the 4 pre-defined file permissions levels, what combination of file permissions make up each of the 4 levels? Hint: what combination of the choices in question #3 make up each of the 4 pre-defined levels?

6. When a NTFS partition is formatted or converted from a FAT partition, what are the default file permissions, and for what pre-defined Group(s)?

7. What are the 7 pre-defined directory-level permissions in Windows NT?

8. What is a potential system drawback to file and directory auditing?

9. To enable file or directory auditing, what selection under what menu command must be enabled in User Manager?

10. If file or directory auditing is enabled, where can one go (if they have the rights to do so) to check the auditing status, and at what log (of the 3 which Windows NT can maintain) do they need to specifically view?

11. A file named JUNK.TXT is on NTFS partition D, in a subdirectory named MAIL (hence, the file is in the D:\MAIL directory). The file has the permissions of RX (Read) for the group Everyone. What will happen to the permissions for this particular file in each scenario?

a. The file is copied to another subdirectory below D:\MAIL (for example, D:\MAIL\JUNE)

b. The file is copied to the root directory on partition D

c. The file is renamed to OLDJUNK.TXT

d. The file is moved to the root directory on partition D

e. The file is moved to another partition on the same computer (for example, partition E)

12. Consider the following information:

There is a user account named "Famke" on a particular Windows NT machine. Famke belongs to 2 Groups; one group being "Actresses" and the other being "Models". Those 2 groups each have the following respective permissions for a given file named BOND.007

Famke also has the following permission assigned for BOND.007 --> Change

So, what are Famke's effective permissions for BOND.007?

  1. Read only
  2. Full Control
  3. Change
  4. No Access

13. Given the information presented in the dialog box below, what are Famke's effective permissions for the file FAMKE75.BMP, and also considering that she is a member in the Actresses Group and the Models Group?

14. True or False:

a. Ownership of a given file can be taken, providing one has the proper access to do so.

b. Ownership of a given file can be granted, providing one has the proper access to do so.

15. What are 5 backup methods that can be performed on a Windows NT Workstation?

16. What is the difference between an Incremental backup, and a Differential backup?

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