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Dave Thomas

2003-01-23, 1:24 am

On a small network (6 computers) using a Windows XP Pro system as the server
is it possible to setup the following:

Allow users to access a folder and files, read and write to the folder add
files, but - not be able to copy any of the files.

Thanks,
Dave


Murli Zee

2003-01-23, 11:24 am

Essentially, when someone can READ a file, they can copy it, too. It may or
may not work from the explorer but, lets suppose these are .xls files. I can
open them to read in a .xls reader and then click File ->Save As and save
the file to my local drive.

Think on the lines of noneditable files like .pdf if this concerns
documents. You can get converters which will convert .doc files into .pdf


"Dave Thomas" <davethomas1@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On a small network (6 computers) using a Windows XP Pro system as the

server
> is it possible to setup the following:
>
> Allow users to access a folder and files, read and write to the folder add
> files, but - not be able to copy any of the files.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>



Lr32257

2003-01-23, 10:24 pm

If you allow them to access the files in anyway, I believe their is no way to
stop them from copying the files.

I can look into it more deeply if you'd like, but that's my understanding of
it.

L. Russell
RussS

2003-01-25, 10:24 pm

You can have a file as Read Only if you wish - right click on the file and
select properties. As soon as you allow write you allow copy.

--
RussS
MCP W2K, A+, Net+


Murli Zee

2003-01-26, 2:24 pm

"RussS" <yeah_right@roflmao.com> wrote in message
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> You can have a file as Read Only if you wish - right click on the file and
> select properties. As soon as you allow write you allow copy.


My point was... All READ ONLY files can be copied.
"Shift+Right Click" a file, click 'open with' select notepad. When its open,
click save as, give it a name and save it locally to a drive you have write
permissions on. The default extension will be .txt. Goto Command prompt and
type "rename abcabc.txt abcabc.pdf".

The Write property will enable you to not go through this fuss, and just
copy and paste it in windows explorer.



Steven L Umbach

2003-01-26, 4:24 pm

The read only attribute has nothing to do with the ability to copy or
print a file. It is used to keep a file from being modified. --- Steve

"Murli Zee" <murliNO_SPAMzee@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> "RussS" <yeah_right@roflmao.com> wrote in message
> news:vYIY9.47653$F63.1027760@news.xtra.co.nz...
> > You can have a file as Read Only if you wish - right click on the file

and
> > select properties. As soon as you allow write you allow copy.

>
> My point was... All READ ONLY files can be copied.
> "Shift+Right Click" a file, click 'open with' select notepad. When its

open,
> click save as, give it a name and save it locally to a drive you have

write
> permissions on. The default extension will be .txt. Goto Command prompt

and
> type "rename abcabc.txt abcabc.pdf".
>
> The Write property will enable you to not go through this fuss, and just
> copy and paste it in windows explorer.
>
>
>



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