Unable to stop users creating new files on shared folder

[Guest]

I have a shared folder with the following permissions set
everyone READ ONLY
Group 1 MODIFY
Admins FULL CONTROL
I do not want the users in the group with modify permissions only to be able
to create files or folers
If i set the permissions of the group to stop creation of new files they
cannot save their modified files. The files are Word and Excel documents.
Someone please help thanx

 

[Herb Martin]

I have a shared folder with the following permissions set
everyone READ ONLY
Group 1 MODIFY
Admins FULL CONTROL

I do not want the users in the group with modify permissions only to be able
to create files or folers

Then don't give them Modify on the directories or don't
give them the equivalent (e.g., Change) on the share.

If i set the permissions of the group to stop creation of new files they
cannot save their modified files. The files are Word and Excel documents.
Someone please help thanx

You can approach this two ways (in these cases leave
the share permissions alone -- Change):

1) Go back and change JUST the parent directory
(this controls the adding of new files)
Leave the file permissions as they are so they
can edit and save *

2) Setup the parent directory permissions and then
go to Advanced and edit the Special permissions
to remove create files and subdirectories but leave
append, write etc.

* Problems still occur with some "helpful" (<really>)
programs like Word which technically create a new file
each time the original is modified (to protect against crashes.)