Security Explorer Screenshots

The fast and easy interface enables you as an System Administrator to change and Search for NTFS rights on one or several Servers, from the intuitive User Interface, improved over years, making Security Explorer the only Enterprise Wide solution for Managing NTFS, Shares, directory Rights on Servers.

The Security Explorer is designed to be straightforward and easy to use. All actions are accessible through the main window and its tabs and sub interfaces. The default when the program starts is the NTFS Permissions tab.

This tab brings up the window structure seen above. The top text box contains the location you wish to view NTFS permissions on. You can either type this location in, or get it from the system browser window. This can be in drive letter notation or in the UNC pathname format. If you type in the location manually you will need to click the Go button on the far right of the text box.

The browser window on the left side of the screen contains a Windows Explorer-like method of selecting the path you wish to view. When you highlight a path, its location will be displayed in the top text box. The top right window displays the subfolders and files in the folder you have selected. It also displays extended information for these objects. You can also use this window to select files. The bottom right window allows for the viewing and modification of the NTFS permissions on the selected objects.

The bottom right window also has several options and extended information for the user. The check box labeled View current file/directory properties specifies whether the information for the selected object is displayed or not. The Path: dialog shows the location of the selected object. The Owner: dialog shows the user or group that owns the selected object.

Directly to the right of this is the ability to set the owner on the selected object. Clicking this button will bring up the Set ownership of the current folder screen. This screen displays the current folder or folders and the current owner. Directly beneath this is the Choose a Group/User from the list or type one in below menu. You are provided with the option of selecting the owner from any domains that have appropriate trusts set up. By default users are not shown and must be by using the Show Users button. The Group/User text box provides a location to specify the name by typing it in. The final set of options concerns what objects the ownership will be set on and whether or not the ownership will be recursive.

Security Explorer allows users to manipulate registry permissions on local and remote machines. From the default window select the Registry Permissions tab to be presented with the screen below.

The dialog box at the top of the window allows you either type in the name of the server you wish to view registry permission on or to browse for the server you want using the Browse for server... button. Note that if you type in the name of the server, you must place a double backslash before the server name and hit the Enter key when the name is typed.

Security Explorer provides an easy way to manage permissions on shares. Selecting the Share Permissions tab from the main window will bring up the interface seen above.

The dialog box at the top of the window allows you either type in the name of the server you wish to view share permissions on or to browse for the server you want, using the Browse for server... button. Note that if you type in the name of the server, you must place a double backslash before the server name and hit the Enter key when the name is typed.

The left explorer window shows a list of shares that are available on the machine. This provides you with the name and path of the share, including hidden shares. This window also has buttons that allow you to create or remove shares on the machine.

To the direct right you have the option to View current share properties. If you choose to do so, you will see the name, path and remark about the share. Just below this information, you will be given information on the maximum number of connections that the share will accept and the current number of connections to that share. Finally, permissions on the share will be clearly enumerated as seen in the picture. The option buttons at the very bottom of the window were already discussed. Please see "NTFS Permissions interface" for more information.