RE: File security (advanced)

From: pauly [MSFT] (pauly_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:52:40 GMT

Hi Scott,

Also, have you tested with Limited User Accounts?

Administrators have implicit ability to take ownership of files, but not so
<as I recall> for Limited Users

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| From: "Scott" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
| Subject: File security (advanced)
| Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:56:04 -0800
|
| I have more than one user on my computer. I have disabled
| the simple filesharing folder view feature so that I can
| individually set the access rights to each individual
| file.
|
| I am also able to set those permissions so that the other
| user cannot access the file. However, there seems to be a
| problem. Regardless of what I try, the other user can
| always take ownership of the file, and then from there
| edit the security settings and read the file.
|
| Is there a way for one user to prevent other users of
| that same system from accessing files on a computer?
| Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
|
| Scott H.
|

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