Re: deny delete, allow change permission fails with excel files
From: Jonathan Galpin (jonathan@iqzero.net)
Date: 12/31/02
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From: "Jonathan Galpin" <jonathan@iqzero.net> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:06:29 -0800
I appreciate the reply thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Jonathan" <jonathan@iqzero.net> wrote in message
>news:2c0d01c2b015$0680eeb0$8bf82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA05...
>> Trying to allow users to add, read, modify but not
delete
>> files on a win 200 advanced server using Active
Directory.
>>
>> In the advanced file settings for the folder, I have
>> removed the delete permissions and added deny
permissions
>> (and tried a host of other combinations). Excel files
>> refuse to save under the original file name at this
point,
>> offering a temporary name instead. In the end one file
>> will become many different files. The permissions work
>> with an ordinary text file.
>
>That's just the way Office works. Removing the delete
permission is usually
>undesirable.
>
>In my experience with Office 2000, I was able to save
files, although I
>would get an error message saying that the save was not
successful. This
>might be different for you I suppose. Also, I was not
able to create new
>files by clicking on File, New, so I could only create
new files by
>right-clicking on the folder within Windows Explorer and
selecting New,
>Office Document or whatever.
>
>Alternatively, you could use different programs other
than Microsoft Office
>to view documents. Or, you could write a batch file
using the FOR x IN y DO
>XCACLS etc. etc. that removes delete permissions for all
files while
>leaving the users with delete permission on the folder
itself. The batch
>file would need to re-run and you would need to code it
carefully so as not
>to overwrite permissions each time it is run. XCACLS
comes with the Windows
>Resource Kit or Technet, so it is not free.
>
>However, in most business environments, you'll probably
want to restore the
>Delete permission for everyone.
>
>
>.
>
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