Gary, Thanks for the heads up I didn't realise that XP home didn't have the ACL facilities. I thought it was part of the NTFS
Jerry, PERMISSIONS - not word password, PERMISSIONS JimB. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Word document security > 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. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html > Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://winhome.wavijo.com/ > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about problems: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unofficial Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://winhome.wavijo.com/
