Windows Shares

[dbdg]

Guys

With Windows shared drives is it possible to set up a directory so that users can edit the files that already exist within a directory and sub directories (spreadsheets) but limit their access so that they cannot delete any of the existing files or create any new files within the directory?

[VJ]

IIRC, you can set rights for modification and deletion seperately.
I suspect if you don't allow writes to the folder, and set the permission of the file to "modify" only, that it might work.
(we have a shared folder on a linux machine, but it is using a Samba share, which is the Windows protocol to behave more or less like this: users can modify files, add files but not delete files)


Jörg

[Jammrock]

There are one or two sets of permissions you can set, depending on whether the share resides on an NTFS or FAT32 partition. If it's NTFS here is what you need to do:

1) Set the share permissions (on the Sharing tab) to Everyone (a local group) to Full Controll.

2) Depending on whether you want everyone or only a certain group of people to access the data do the following:

a) If only a small number of people, the easiest way is to go into Computer Management (Start -> Settings (if before XP) ->Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management), then the User and Groups field, and then create a group with the IDs of the people needing access. Next, add that group to the security permissions for the folder being shared (Security tab)

b) If you don't care who sees the data, just add the Everyone group.


3) Click on the Advanced button.

4) Highlight/click on the group you are giving access to, and then click the Edit button.

5) Make sure only the following boxes are checked:

• Traverse folder / execute file
• List folder / read data
• Create files / write data
• Create folder / append data
• Read permissions (optional)

6) Click OK until you are out of all the dialog boxes.

That will do it. For addded security you can remove all the groups from the NTFS security permissions except your custom group, yourself and the administrators. You can also set the share permissions so only your custom group and yourself are listed.

For FAT32 all you can do is set the share permissions to Modify and hope people don't delete your data. That our move the data to an NTFS partition and do the above.

Jammrock

[VJ]

Oh, be sure to disable "simple file sharing", it is in Windows Explorer, Tools > Folder Options > view (last option in the list).


Jörg

[dbdg]

It is a NTFS partition.

Cheers for all the info guys.