RE: How To Allow App Access to File but Not User

From: Marco van Nieuwenhoven (Mvnieuw_at_community.nospam)
Date: 05/27/05

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    Hi Josh,

    When you run Windows embedded with the MinLogon option the user logged on
    has the user SYSTEM. In that case it is difficult to deny access. In that
    case you could implement an IFS filter (that's what an anti-virus program
    does), but the toolkit is expensive and implementation has a high risk for
    blue screens.

    In the other case you can let the user log on and make sure that this user
    does not have Administrator equivalent rights. When you want to start your
    program you can make a stub program which loads your app with RunAs. The stub
    program then needs to know the credentials for an account which does have
    access rights to that specific file or folder.

    Best regards,
    Marco van Nieuwenhoven.

    "Josh Hed" wrote:
    > Windows XP Embedded:
    >
    > I have an application which needs access to a file but I do not want the
    > user running the app to be able to read/modify the file.
    >
    > How can I do this?
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Josh

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