I'm not a computer security expert, but it seems to me that in order for the
file to be truly protected by read-only permission, two things need to happen.
1. The box needs to have Windows XP Professional installed because the
Home version does not have the finely grained "ACL" type permissions:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prdd_sec_tzxs.asp2.
The user would have to be set up without administrative rights. MostXP computers in a SOHO environment run with
full administrator rights.Gary VanderMolen----- Original Message -----> If the permissions on the directory
structure and file are set to only allow 'Read'> How is the file to be changed?>> That is how is a
different version of the file to be set in the place of the original> You cannot easily stop people copying a
file simply because that's what is happening constantly within a computer>> Internally the computer never
moves things, it always copies ( and usually discards (not actively deletes, just discards) thesource>
data)>> Yes users can take a copy but they cannot put that copy in place of the protected original because
the FILE/DIRECTORY access onthe> directory structure don't allow them to make!
any change to the directory.
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