Users, groups, permissions Flashcards
What are users and groups for?
Used to authenticate and authorize, as well as categorize user accounts into groups and permissions.
How do you add an account to a group using Local Users and groups?
Groups > Select group > Type username and add
True for false: Local users and groups is used for networked computers on a domain
False
What does ownership of a file entail?
Full control.
What does ‘Take ownership’ mean?
It means an account can seize ownership of a file from another account.
What does the “Change permission” permission mean?
The ability to change permissions of other users
What does the NTFS permission “modify” entail?
Read, write, delete subfolders and files
Folder 1 gives you full access to the documents within. You set a “Read only” permission on one of the files inside, but others can still modify the file. Why is that?
Permissions are cumulative: The file will adopt, or, inherit, the permissions of the folder it resides in.
An admin wants to remove a file but the student has locked any one but their own account from modifying it. What do they do?
Take ownership
You open the NTFS security settings but see the permissions are greyed out and you cannot change them. y do?
Inherited permissions from the folder above. This can be overwritten by ticking the “deny” box.
What is permission propagation?
The act of permissions either staying with a file when it is moved/copied, or whether it inherits the permissions from the new folder.
Yay or Neigh: A file copied to a different partition retains the same permissions?
Neigh
Yay or Neigh: A folder moved to a different partition retains its permissions?
Neigh
Yay or Neigh: A file moved to the same partition retains its permissions
Yay
How do you share a file in windows?
Right click > Share > Select person > Select permissions
Where do you find all of your computer’s shared folders in one place?
Computer management
True or false: Windows home edition has no encryption options
True
EFS can be found at minimum on what version of windows
Pro
True or false: Bitlocker can only encrypt individual files
Incorrect. It encrypts the whole drive. EFS does single files.
What happens if you move an encrypted file to a non-NTFS partition
It is no longer encrypted
Jeff encrypted his windows files on his last PC and moved the drive to his new PC, but now he cannot read them. Why?
Encryption is tied to both the version of windows and account that encrypted it. If those conditions are not met, you lose access.
What is TPM
Trusted platform module. It checks the computer on boot to ensure nothing has been tampered with.
What does Bitlocker go do?
Bitlocker for removable media
What is an important thing to have if you are going to use bitlocker?
A recovery key
An admin wants to enforce a 30 day maximum password age policy. What tool does he use to do this?
Local security policy
What is UAC
User account control is used to allow normal accounts to access admin commands if they have the credentials, and also lets the user know when they are doing something dangerous.
