Grant access to file %WINDIR%

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Dale

Is it possible to allow users of a machine who are only
members of the local "users" group to be able to write to
a specific file in WINNT directory ??

We have an application that needs to write to a file in
that dir, but being a user of the box prohibits this.
 
If you logon as an administrator you can change the ntfs permissions to a
file to be whatever you need. If the permissions are inherited, which are
likely, you will have to go to the advanced page first and deselect allow
permissions to be inherited and then select copy or replace to start with.
You could also change the permission on a large scale by using something
like xcals in a startup script or use Group Policy/machine policy in a
domain to propagate the custom ntfs permission for the file. --- Steve
 
If the application simply writes to the file, you can just change the
permissions on that file (with group policy, cacls, or by hand).

If the application behaves like Office 97 and deletes the file prior to
attempting to create it again then you have a bigger problem.

Oli
 
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