Re: XP Home Rights

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 05/03/03 

Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 07:31:17 -0600

Greetings --

    That clears things up a bit. Contents of a shared folder should
be accessible to all users, limited or not, and there you shouldn't be
experiencing this. Are you sure that one of the two hasn't
inadvertently set the files attributes to Read Only, or invoked the
applications internal file protection mechanism. This is apparently a
permissions issue, but it's very hard to troubleshoot from a distance.

    Perhaps this will help:

Default Permissions for Shared Folders Is Read-Only Access for
Everyone
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328065

Bruce Chambers

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"Dave" <freddyent@aol.com> wrote in message
news:069b01c310f6$1b5f5e60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Bruce,
>      I am not talking about accessing the file at the same
> time.  Here is an example, Tim and Tom have a paper to
> work on.  Tim is at work, so Tom Logs in and works on the
> paper.  He saves the document and SHUTS the machine down.
> Tim gets back from work and turns the computer on and logs
> in as himself and attempts to read/modify the document.
> HE CAN'T.  Noone is accessing the file but him, but
> because Microsoft thinks that two limited users can't work
> together on anything, the document is READ-ONLY to Tim,
> not Tom.  I am not talking about accessing the file at the
> same time, I understand that concept.  I am stating that
> because Tom created the document, Tim will never be able
> to write to it, and vice versa.  This is where either
> Microsoft needs to have another folder where two limited
> user can work on ducuments together (Not at the same time)
> and the current "Viewable only Documents" folder.
>
>
> Hopefully this explains the problem better.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings --
> >
> >    A "Shared folder" means that the contents of the
> folder are
> >equally available to everyone who has access privileges
> to the folder,
> >on a first-come, first-served basis.  Multiple users
> making changes to
> >the same file simultaneously is normally a recipe for
> certain
> >disaster, unless the application, such as a database, has
> been
> >specifically designed for that.
> >
> >Bruce Chambers
> >
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> >You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever
> count on
> >having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> >
> >"Dave" <freddyent@aol.com> wrote in message
> >news:018301c31006$511a6b80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> OK, I got this back door taken care of, and I have this
> >> new folder so that when one of the kids is working, the
> >> other can work on the paper, and vice versa.  My whole
> >> problem is "WHY"  What part of "Shared Documents" did I
> >> misunderstanding?  Apparetly by default, one Limited
> user
> >> creates a document in the "Shared Documents", now any
> >> other limited user can read it, but cannot write to it.
> >> Blows my mind.  Looks like Microsoft needs another
> folder
> >> called "Really Shared Documents"
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Greetings --
> >> >
> >> >    If you mean to have both users editing the file
> >> simultaneously,
> >> >the answer is "No."  The first person to open the
> >> file "locks" it so
> >> >that any subsequent user trying to access the file can
> >> only get
> >> >read-only access.  This is a design feature to prevent
> >> file corruption
> >> >caused by conflicting changes.
> >> >
> >> >Bruce Chambers
> >> >
> >> >Help us help you:
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> >> >http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >> >----
> >> >You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't
> ever
> >> count on
> >> >having both at once. -- RAH
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Dave" <freddyent@aol.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:04a601c30da1$93523580$3001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> I have a question for those in the security relm.  I
> >> have
> >> >> XP Home.  I also have twins who are trying to work
> >> >> together on a paper.  Is there any place on the hard
> >> >> drive that BOTH limited users can work on the same
> >> >> document?  Right now, even in the "SHARED DOCUMENTS"
> >> only
> >> >> one can read/write while the other can only read.
> Where
> >> >> can I have them put this doc?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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