Re: "modify" allows permission changes

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:16:25 GMT

Greg you are correct. Modify does not allow a user to change permissions. I have not
actually experienced your problem, but I believe it has to do with the way Office may
handle temporary or writing to files. Try changing permissions of the folder for
creator/owner to modify instead of full and check advanced permissions for anything
that may be causing your problem. I am not real familiar with office, but also check
permissions to the "temporary folder" referred in the KB below. You may also want to
post in an Office newsgroup. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=277867

"Greg Bruntzel" <gkbdata@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:586001c376f1$84f39e20$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> According to the MS permission matrix, granting
> the "Modify" permission on a file or folder DOES NOT give
> the user the authority to make changes to file or folder
> permissions. That authority is supposed to be reserved
> for "Full Control". It is NOT working this way in our
> network. While we know that "Modify" is required for a MS
> Office product to write to or save changes to a file, the
> user should not be able to change file/folder permissions.
>
> Does anyone know the cause of this. The user(s) in
> question DO NOT belong to higher level groups that would
> all them to change permissions. Any assistance would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg

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