If users have admin rights, there's rarely anything you can do to stop a determined attacker
On 2 March 2010 16:55, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote: > This is on a PC that could potentially have more than one user, not on > the network or domain. Each would have administrative rights on the PC, so > folder protection is the only solution. > > > > > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:54 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Password protect a folder > > > > If someone needs to be kept out of the folder, surely NTFS is the only way > to achieve this? > > You could also use ABE to hide the folder from those who aren't on the ACL, > which is available in Server 2003 and up. > > If people can't see it, then they won't try to access it, kind of negating > the need for a password. > > On 2 March 2010 16:38, Bob Fronk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been requested to password protect a folder. Is there a way to do > this beyond a third party add-on? > > > > (Not NTFS permissions, but password protect a folder, even beyond NTFS > permissions) > > > > > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
