We have a group of product engineers who create drawings in PDF format. Once their designs are certified, they send their PDF files to an individual who places the files in a directory structure on a Windows 2003 server for common use. The directory structure is setup so only a couple of users can make changes to it; everyone else should be read-only. The engineers are not granted rights to make changes to files in this directory structure.
However, one of the engineers contacted me and said he was checking one of his PDF files in the directory structure and had inadvertently deleted it. I was surprised and a little skeptical but the file was gone. I restored it from backup and asked him to try to delete it again. Sure enough, he could delete it. After a little testing, I established that even though the directories prevented him from deleting most files, he could delete any file that listed him as the owner. Is there a way to change the rights in folders that would prevent an owner from deleting his own files or do I have to explicitly take ownership on these files in order to protect them? ---------------------- Bob Hartung Dir of I.T. Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
