Re: Restricted file access

Coming from a Netware environment where this behavior is automatic, in
certain folders, users now see 50 folders inside a folder where they might
have access to only 2 folders. So, other than potential security problems,
it affects usability. We keep fielding help desk calls about people who can
"get to everything". They don't understand that they can't actually open
everything, but they assume that if they can see it, they can open it.


"Anthony [MVP]" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Its a good question. It is one of those things that has been the case for
a long time. I guess it is really only a problem if you use folder names
like "Imminent Acquisition of ABC". I am guessing it uses a lot of
resources to enumerate the access before displaying the tree,
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk




"Todd" <todd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That sure looks like it will do the job. I wonder why MS doesn't just
include it as part of the OS.

Todd

"Anthony [MVP]" <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Todd,
That's Access Based Enumeration, ABE.:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/abe.mspx
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk


"Todd" <todd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We recently migrated from a Netware environment and are having some
issues with the differences between how Netware and Windows handle file
and folder permissions. We have a top level folder that everyone has
access to, and subfolders with restricted permissions. In Netware, if
there were 50 subfolders, but you only had access to 2 of them, when
you browsed to the subfolder level, you would only see 2 folders. In
Windows, even though you may not be able to open the files inside, you
still see all 50 folders. Is there any way to configure permissions in
Windows to get behavior more like we had in Windows?









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