Re: Hiding Files from Unauthorized Users

Can you tell me why this would be a problem beyond
disclosing the names of the folders?

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"Charles Breslin" <charlesbreslin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You Cannot Configure NTFS Permissions to Hide Files or
> Folders from Unauthorized Users. ( In Netware you can )
> What this means in practise is that on a Windows shared
> folder a user can see multiple subfolders for which they
> have no access - this can be problematic on a folder with
> many subfolders.
> The knowledgebase
> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;303758 )
> simply says "there is currently no plans to include this
> functionality in Windows"
> Is this still the case - or does anyone know of a
> workaround?
> Many thanks
> Charles
>
>

Hi,

I think that I understand what he's getting at. If a user has access to
only one subfolder out of a 100, it would be better for the user to only see
that subfolder instead of having to try every subfolder to find the one that
they have access to.

That might be a little bit of an extreme example, but there are other issues
too. Firstly, showing a user what they can't do wastes their time, and
sometimes technical supports time ("I want to get access to this folder but
its not letting me..."). Also, if a user gets many messages about
"Permission Denied" it may cause them some sort of resentment. Finally, the
folder names provide additional information to the user, which could help
them to know exactly where the valuable information is if they ever do
accidentally get access.

Cheers,

Jamie.

"Mark Zbikowski (MSFT)" <MarkZ@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can you tell me why this would be a problem beyond
> disclosing the names of the folders?
>
> --
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers
> no rights.
>
> "Charles Breslin" <charlesbreslin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:05e401c33fe8$0d55df80$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > You Cannot Configure NTFS Permissions to Hide Files or
> > Folders from Unauthorized Users. ( In Netware you can )
> > What this means in practise is that on a Windows shared
> > folder a user can see multiple subfolders for which they
> > have no access - this can be problematic on a folder with
> > many subfolders.
> > The knowledgebase
> > (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> > us;303758 )
> > simply says "there is currently no plans to include this
> > functionality in Windows"
> > Is this still the case - or does anyone know of a
> > workaround?
> > Many thanks
> > Charles
> >
> >
>
>