sharing files through security

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GiGi

hi,
i have one folder "shared", in this folder different users
can see different
subfolders, to not have every subfolder shared (every
shared folder is
visible in the rootdirectory of the server and this can
become visualy
impractical) i share the subfolders through the tab-
page "security" and tell
win2K there what person is allowed in the folder or not
i achieved all this, everything is working, every user can
access his/her
folders but when you want to open a file it sais "this is
read only" and
"cannot open this file"
if i share everything with the tab-page "filesharing"
everything works just
fine
what am i doing wrong?
i hope i explained it good enough and that someone out
there can help me out
thanks in advance for your time
G

(win2k+sp4+latest updates)
 
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GiGi said:
hi,
i have one folder "shared", in this folder different users
can see different
subfolders, to not have every subfolder shared (every
shared folder is
visible in the rootdirectory of the server and this can
become visualy
impractical) i share the subfolders through the tab-
page "security" and tell
win2K there what person is allowed in the folder or not
i achieved all this, everything is working, every user can
access his/her
folders but when you want to open a file it sais "this is
read only" and
"cannot open this file"
if i share everything with the tab-page "filesharing"
everything works just
fine
what am i doing wrong?
i hope i explained it good enough and that someone out
there can help me out
thanks in advance for your time
G

(win2k+sp4+latest updates)
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You can't share a folder from the security tab. The security tab is the NTFS
permissions and controls the ultimate access to the folder/files. This is
not a share mechanism. Use the sharing tab to 'share' a folder. Share
permissions are what you are allowing to be shared and the access level
COMING ACROSS THE NETWORK. The security permissions are for accessing it
locally and across the network when combined with share permissions.

Share permissions AND security (NTFS) permissions are used together (they
are combined) to give you what is called the effective permissions.

But the rules are that the MOST RESTRICTIVE premissions between the share
and the NTFS permissions is what the user will be granted.

For example:

User = GiGi

Share permission:
Authenticated Users = Read

NTFS permissions:
Joe = Full Control

The effective for GiGi in this scenario will be Read if GiGi connects across
the network, but will have Full Control is accessing it locally from the
workstation itself.

You must design your scenario based on these rules.


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