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Win 7 Pro file server with network shares - is this method secure?
Hello all,
We have a Windows 7 Pro computer in an unsecure room acting as a file server to 10 other computers on the network.
My issue is with creating and securing network shared folders so that prying eyes can not access info not meant for them.
We currently have 3 folders to share with different departments. These folders are 'Accounting', 'Design', and 'Production'.
As mentioned there are 10 other computers on the network and user accounts have been created on the file server to match the user accounts on each of the 10 computers. For these 10 user accounts on the file server, we did however set up the users with passwords that are different than the password used on their own computer. This was done to prevent anyone from logging into the file server and messing with it.
The method I am considering for sharing the 'Accounting', 'Design', and 'Production' folders is to share each folder on the file server and to add 'Everyone' as a user, granting access to all 10 users on the network. To limit access to any particular user, via the 'Security' tab on the shared folder, I press the edit button and add the user. Then all their permissions are set to deny. I would add more users I wish to deny access in the same way.
It seems to work fine. Mapping a network drive to the file server is allowed only by users not denied for the particular share and a password is not required to map to the share.
Is there any security risk to doing it this way or any downside I may encounter?
Thanks for any help.
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