Re: Rights to allow non admin to close other users' files

Adrian;
I don't think that's possible, I think it's a power inherent to being a member of the Administrators group. The only user rights I can think of which might allow it are so powerful that anyone who has them is effectively an administrator or only a couple of steps away from being one (Act as Operating System, Debug Programs).

Lets step back a bit, what are you ultimately trying to achieve? Do you want your helpdesk staff to be able to close files that end users have opened on the server via a network share? Why can't the users be trusted to close their own? What does the helpdesk need to do that requires closing open files?

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<adrian.p.stewart@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2e6edcdc-407a-478b-a22a-2f6d31bcf083@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 6 Mar, 11:44, "NeilH" <n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<adrian.p.stew...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:51693316-7437-4f71-9ff2-38c1999e8934@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> What rights does a user require to close files, that have been opened
> by another user?

> Thanks

I would seriously hope that they can't!!
If a file is being kept open then there should be a reason for it.

Neil..

I need to give my helpdesk staff these rights, without granting them
full admin rights.

.

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