Windows Access Control

• Users belong to groups
• Preconfigured groups with useful default permissions
  
• Permissions to files are fine grained:
  
• File permissions can be specified for users, groups, or abstract entities
  
• Can also specify auditing on an element basis
  
• Audit can generate log entries for success or failure
• A policy editor allows the centralized specification of the security policy
  
• Comprehensive, but complex system. Few users and administrators understand it and use it correctly.

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