Windows XP Professional Product Documentation > Security and administration

Permissions

Each type of object is controlled by an object manager. There is a different object manager for each type of object. The object types, their object managers, and the tools you use to manage these objects are as follows:

Object Type	Permission Descriptions	Procedures
Files and folders	File and folder permissions	To set, view, change, or remove permissions for files and folders or To set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders
Shares	Shared folder permissions	To add a user or group to a shared resource
Registry keys	Maintain registry security	To add users or groups to the permissions list
Services	Services permissions	Local computer security for file system, registry, and system services
Printer	Printer permissions	To set or remove permissions for a printer
Terminal Services Connections	Permissions on Connections or Controlling connection access	To manage connection access
Group Policy object	To filter the scope of Group Policy according to security group membership or Default permissions	To set permissions for managing Group Policy
WMI object	To authorize WMI users and set permissions	To authorize WMI users and set permissions

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