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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

I've just been given access to the company LAN server. It's a small network, 3 computers connected to a single server, but it does the work.

Each computer, of course, has access to one of the two hard drives that exist on the server so they can work on whatever data that exists. All computers run on Windows 2000, while the server runs on the NT server version of Win2000.

Quite a while ago, a co-worker accidently deleted a file from the server by right-clicking and pressing "delete" instead of "rename". Now this causes a problem because when a file is "deleted" that way, it is not moved to the recycling box of any sort, it is simply removed, and gone forever. The file, fortunately is not an important file, but if it does happen to one, we could be in serious trouble.

While I have asked everyone to place a "deletion check" on their computer, that is, ask to confirm a delete, I don't want to run the risk of someone being stupid and deleting it, even AFTER confirmation. Because I now have access to the server, I want to set up a permission so that even though the user can read, edit, copy, or rename a file, the user cannot Delete the file, or move the file off the server. That's basically it.

I've basically tampered around with the "Security" properties in the server in an attempt to get the permissions I want, but to no avail. Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Switch to Novell.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

A low-level electric discharge to get the user's attention, make them wake up & really pay attention. Nothing hard enough to leave burn marks, mind you...but enough so that there's mild discomfort.

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

Each Share can be given access to a certain set of users. Is it currently set to Everybody?

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Yup, in NT 2000 you can set exaclty what level of access a person had. Go into user properties (may be under network ID, can't remember) and give them a certain level of access. The highest is Admin, and it goes all the way down to guest. Try setting them as guest. One of the settings states that a user can access and modify files, but not delete them, or make any modifications to the system settings. Set all the non-essential people at that level. That will prevent any unnecessary stupidity.

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I dunno...you'd have to kill a lot of people to get rid of stupidity, not just take away their network settings.

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