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Shared Resources - good or bad?

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by rfisher

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We have a combination of operating systems (Windows 98SE and Windows NT4.0 SP6 in our company. We often see users that have set up shares on their local PC rather than use the built in secuirty in our network. Most of these employees don't even realize that anyone on the network can access and change their local PC's drive(s). Does anyone now of a simply worder document that will expain teh good, the bad and the ugly about sharing.

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by agiias

It seem you have written that document. '...anyone on the network can access and change their local PC's drive(s)'. Identifying and eliminating those aspects of built in security which cause users to circumvent routine may be more effective than trying to change behavior. Circulate a questionaire - 'Why I set up shares on my local PC?'.

by agiias

Set up questionaire introduction to motivate desired behavior. i.e. 'Our Network has security features protecting users from unauthorized access to their data. A number of users have set up shares on their local PC, exposing their data to unauthoried access and/or manipulation. ...'

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