You want a "drop" folder: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/86987829-3f74-412f-abb8-c8b22b07257d1033.mspx?mfr=true
-- Durf On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need some alternatives to a specific process. The process in question > is timesheets. Our timesheets are Excel spreadsheets, which are processed > as follows: > > 1) All timesheets are located in the user's home folder. At the end of > the month, the user goes in, updates for the current month, copies a .jpg of > their signature onto the current month's sheet, and forwards the timesheet > to their manager via e-mail attachment. > 2) The manager opens the timesheets for their employees, verifies it, and > copies a .jpg of their signature onto the current month's sheet, and > forwards the timesheets to a specific admin employee, via e-mail > attachments. > 3) The admin employee takes the attachments, and copies them into > a folder on a server, from which the timesheets are then "processed" and > sent to another agency, to be further processed for paycheck issuance. > > > My question to my boss, is why can't we just have the managers move the > timesheets for their employees into the folder on the server, instead of > e-mailing them a second time. In fact, we could have all processing done > within that folder to begin with, without having to e-mail the files > anywhere. > > The issue that comes up, is how to prevent someone from another department > from opening someone else's timesheet. The big concern there is that the > timesheets not only contain .jpgs of people's signatures, but also contain > SSNs. > > My thought is to set permissions on the folder so that people can place > files there, but not be able to open them once they are there. Is that > possible with NTFS rights? I will do research on it, but I'm hoping that > someone has already run into this type of issue and has an answer already. > > Thanks, > > Joe Heaton > AISA > Employment Training Panel > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > Sacramento, CA 95814 > (916) 327-5276 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
