Re: Are file names private?

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 10/26/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:35:50 -0700

There is no way around the NTFS permissions while the OS is running.
If you do not have a grant, or access to an account with a grant then
things are as they were intended and you have no access. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server : Security)
MCDBA,  MCSE W2k3+W2k+Nt4
"Sudhakar Govindavajhala" <sudhakarg79_re_move_me@hotmail.com> wrote in 
message news:27D1A0F7-09CC-4371-9809-4CA8C6085A81@microsoft.com...
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> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
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>> In news:6ECE60D6-5F67-4889-92D2-816A381C7634@microsoft.com,
>> Sudhakar Govindavajhala <sudhakarg79_re_move_me@hotmail.com> typed:
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > Are the names of files in Windows private? I am not able to read the
>> > contents of a particular directory. The ACL on the directory is too
>> > tight for me. I want to figure out (I mean list) all the files in the
>> > directory. Can you think of way of doing this?
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Sudhakar
>>
>> Who owns the folder?
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> The administrator owns the folder. I am not an administrator. I am guest 
> user.
>
> --Sudhakar
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