Specifically, the folders when viewed via a share can be hidden with 2K3
SP1.  When viewed directly from the file system (if logged on locally, for
example), the folders will still be visible.  Baby steps.  ;>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Grillenmeier, Guido
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:24
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Hide Subfolders with NTFS Permissions
> 
> it certainly is practical and has been done this way for many 
> years with Novell...
>  
> you're just slightly ahead of the game wanting to do this 
> with NTFS - this is currently not possible, but will be with 
> Windows Server 2003, SP1.  The feature is called Access Based 
> Enumeration and will allow you to configure security on your 
> folders as you've desribed.  If enabled, the server will only 
> list those folders to which a user has at least read-permissions.
>  
> This is what Novell folks migrating to NTFS have been waiting 
> on for years...  It's still not as powerful as the Novell 
> file-permissions model, as you'll have to grant the correct 
> permissions right down to the folder that you want your users 
> to work with, but it's already a big achievement and very 
> much asked for with my customers.
>  
> If you want to implement such a "view" today or with Win2000 
> Fileservers, you could still achieve it using multiple DFS 
> roots (hosted on a 2003 server) - but it's quite a bit of 
> extra work... - believe me...
>  
> /Guido
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noah Eiger
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:00 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ActiveDir] Hide Subfolders with NTFS Permissions
> 
> 
> Hello all:
>  
> Management has requested a NTFS permissions structure that 
> "hides" certain subfolders. Here's what I want to do:
>  
> Folder  ->  NTFS Permission by Group
> \Management (share)    -> Managers
>     \ Legal -> (inherited)
>     \ HR -> (inherited)
>     \ Sales -> Managers and Sales
>     \ Finance -> Managers and Bookkeepers
>  
> For people in the Managers group, \Management maps as M: and 
> they see and have access to all subfolders.
> For Sales folks, \Management maps as M: but they only see and 
> have access to \management\sales For Bookkeepers, \Management 
> maps as M: but they only see and have access to \management\Finance
>  
> Is this possible? Or practical? Does this violate some "best 
> practices"?
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> -- nme
> 

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