How give copy permission on a file without read permission

[Sam]

Hi Everybody,
I have a small windows server 2003 active directory network, I have a
network share
directory with some files shared for everybody, how can I give permission on
this directory
to let users copy the file to their client computer but not open it directly
from the share directory?
I don't want them to just click on share file and read it but able to copy.

Second question:
If a share file on network locked by a client machine how can I release it?
I mean
Sometimes people open the document directly from the share directory then
nobody else can
change the file (Rename/delete,...) even the Admin, It seams that it's
locked by the client?

Thank you in advance - Sam

 

[Brian Cryer]

Hi Everybody,
I have a small windows server 2003 active directory network, I have a
network share
directory with some files shared for everybody, how can I give permission
on
this directory
to let users copy the file to their client computer but not open it
directly
from the share directory?
I don't want them to just click on share file and read it but able to
copy.

I don't think you can. You need to be able to read a file to be able to copy
it down. If you can read it then you can open it directly.

As an alternative you could try not sharing the folder but making its
contents available via IIS. If users listed the folder contents using their
web-browser then they could still open or download files but this wouldn't
then lock them, which I think is where you are coming from.

Second question:
If a share file on network locked by a client machine how can I release
it?
I mean
Sometimes people open the document directly from the share directory then
nobody else can
change the file (Rename/delete,...) even the Admin, It seams that it's
locked by the client?

Sorry, I wish I knew!