Permissions Dillema??

[bdowne01]

Hi everyone,

I've got a weird problem that I can't believe Win 2000 can't handle!

We have an application that automatically writes files to a file server and keeps the file paths stored in a database (paperless imaging system). The users need full access to their files to change and delete their work, but I would rather not allow them the priviledge of perusing, or doing a directly list of the files on the server--this would enable them to browse other documents. I guess what I'm looking for is an eqivalent of disabling "File Scan" on Netware, which has been available for years.

This is actually a typical webserver setup where you can go directly to files, but not browse the directory. I can't believe Win2000 is unable to do this thru file permissions! I've tried just about every combination of file/directory permissions I can think of! Can anyone help?

 

[peterve]

If you're allowing your users to access these files using a webserver, simply turn of directory browsing for that specific subdirectory,
and set NTFS permissions so only the authenticated users can access their own files....

Also, there is a way to build a file list, based on the username & group the user is in,
and show that file list in a webbrowser
(so the user can only see his own files...)
-> this requires some ADSI scripting (ASP).. Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

 

[bdowne01]

Hi Peter, thanks for responding...

The actual problem is that it's not a webserver, just a standard file server. I was aware of the setting in IIS, but wasn't sure if there's a way to do it with just standard permissions?

 

[peterve]

Normally you should be able to disable the 'list' rights when the data is on a NTFS disk.
Select the folder, go to properties, go to the security tab, and you will be able to disable the 'list folder contents'...

Hope this helps...

Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be