Re: Administrator/User security issues

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 04/25/03 

Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:52:11 GMT

This "Users and Administrators can control the files."
Should have been "Users and Administrators can control the files in
the users own profile." 

-- 
Jupiter Jones
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"Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com> wrote in message
news:%23hAJBh0CDHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Can they change the access for items under any profile or just
theirs.
> Users and Administrators can control the files.
>
> -- 
> Jupiter Jones
> An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
> "GHS-Apathy" <cel_ss@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:049401c30b3f$79d2d010$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > ok, heres a run down on how the computer is setup...
> >
> > im a student at greenwich highschool in 11th grade.  in
> > the computer graphics classroom that iam in, there are
> > multiple computers.  only one of them has windows xp at
> > the moment, so im trying to figure out how to setup the
> > security on that computer so we can set it up on all the
> > rest of the computers when XP is put on them.
> >
> > now on the one computer with windows xp, there will be a
> > total of 5 users.  1 admin, and 4 (limited access) users
> > with different levels of access.  there are 5 different
> > programs, and each level of user has a different level of
> > access to each program.  3 users might have access to
> > program A while 2 users have no access at all.
> >
> > i have setup all the accounts, and created dummy program
> > folders for testing the security.  so i set permissions
> > for all the different users for the programs.  everything
> > from there works fine, but there is a problem.  if i go
> > into the user with the lowest level of access, i can still
> > goto the security tab and change access for all the other
> > users.  i do not want anyone to be able to change
> > permissions but the admin.  the users are only being
> > denyed/allowed access to 5 different folders all shared in
> > the shared documents folder.  the ONLY problem i have is
> > that anyone can go in and add/remove and alter the
> > permissions for any of the users.  i want only the admin
> > to have those rights.  how do i change it so that no other
> > user can change any of the permissions.  when i use
> > advanced permission editing from the admin account, i set
> > it so that the other user is not able to read/change/take
> > ownership of the folder.  but when i go into the other
> > user, i try to view security on the folder and something
> > pops up saying that i cant change anything about the
> > permissions, but it says that i can "take ownership or
> > edit the auditing".  so i go in as the limited user, make
> > myself the owner and now i can add/change/remove/edit the
> > permissions and security.  now obviously most people wont
> > go this far to try to do all this, but if there is 1
> > person that will, then they can screw it up for everyone
> > else.  help me again ---GHS-Apathy
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Stay away from encryption until you fully understand
> > these documents
> > >to keep from permanently losing the data.
> > >EFS is very good at what it does and there is no back
> > door.
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administra
> > tion/recovery/default.asp
> > >(58 pages)
> > >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=223316
> > >
> > >Is file system NTFS?  you need to be for any kind of
> > security.
> > >Disable Simple File Sharing:
> > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
> > US;Q307874&
> > >
> > >Are other users Administrators?
> > >Any Administrator can do and undo anything any
> > Administrator can do.
> > >You are best to have two accounts for yourself,
> > Administrator for
> > >administrative tasks and Limited User for everything else.
> > >All other accounts should be Limited Users otherwise they
> > can do
> > >anything as Administrator.
> > >Each user that desires privacy should also set a password.
> > >
> > >-- 
> > >Jupiter Jones
> > >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/se
> > tup.asp
> > >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> > >
> > >
> > >"GHS-Apathy" <cel_ss@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:088801c30a6e$0e09f600$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> I am having a problem with making folders completely
> > >> secure on my computer with Windows XP.  There are
> > >> currently 5 users, all with different levels of security
> > >> on specific folders.  I tried the encryption route, but
> > >> that didnt work too well so i tried setting permissions
> > >> for all my users from the admin account, but when i went
> > >> into the other accounts, i found that the other users
> > >> could change access levels of the rest of the users,
> > they
> > >> could allow/disallow privlidges on folders.  I do not
> > want
> > >> anyone to be able to change permissions except for the
> > >> admin account.  If possible i would like to not allow
> > the
> > >> security tab in the properties of a folder to be
> > displayed
> > >> at all to anyone except for the admin.  How can i
> > prevent
> > >> this from happening....does it have something to do with
> > >> auditing?  *HELP*
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

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