Delete Permissions

[DanielKBates]

These permissions have got me stumped now. For example, I have a folder called personnel that I need to share to personnel only. I’ve enabled it so only personnel can get into it and that works. The problem is that if I deny the delete permissions so they cant delete it they cant modify its contents either (something to do with if you can modify you can delete and if you cant delete you cant modify) and I get loads of temporary files created in the folder that just stay there on exit. I need them to be able to modify (and not get loads of temp files) but not delete the share or the subfolders/files.

Any help much appreciated. Surely Microsoft haven’t missed this function out but I seem to have tried everything.

Dan

 

[Zelandakh]

No, it is not something that has been missed. The temporary files are generated in Word and are sometimes not closed on exit. Make sure the clients run the latest SP of Office to minimise crashes that leave the tmp files around.

Not sure what you want with the permissions - you want them to be able to delete tmp files but not delete Word files?

 

[DanielKBates]

What i want is them not to be able to delete the personnel folder, not to be able to delete the files inside the folder but to be able to modify them without getting loads of temp files allover. I've got 5 files which are in use and 90 temp ones now. Because of the way the security works if you select the modify option on the folder/file then you can also delete it. If you dont select modify then you cant delete it but if you try to change the word document it creates the temps allover. we dont really need temp files allover the place, just the proper ones.

 

[Zelandakh]

With Word, you can't get away from the temp files unfortunately.

On the clients, choose to hide system and hidden files as this helps. Switch of fast saves in Word. This will help control things a bit.

As to the permissions, modify permission is the right one to have. If you don't like the temp files, ensure they are opening files from within Word and never browsing with Explorer and set their file types to Word files.

 

[DanielKBates]

Thanks for your reply.

The problem with allowing the modify permission means that they have the ability to delete the share and its contents.

 

[Zelandakh]

The share permissions set what you can do on a share and the security permission set file level attributes (use advanced to allow delete subfolders and files).

Therefore they shouldn't be able to delete the share...you can't (as far as I know) say that they can delete tmp files and not .doc files in the same directory.

 

[DanielKBates]

thanks for the reply.

The share is my D: drive and they cant delete this. There is then the main folder and then inside that is all the subfolders followed by the files inside these subfolders. Its the subfolders with the files inside which they can delete but i dont want them to. I've set up restrictions (i.e ????? is only allowed into ????? )okay but its just the stopping people deleting these folders and files thats the problem. I can leave them and hope they dont delete them and they can create, write, modify and do just about anything but as soon as i click modify to no, the problems with the temp files starts. Then they cant delete anything but cant modify anything either.