File Protection

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I am looking for information on protecting files from deletion. Currently we
have documents that all our users need to be able to read, but we want to
safeguard the files / folders from being deleted. We are already limiting
user rights to change the files / folders.

Is there any way to protect these documents and still allow users to open
the documents?
LilSis
 
LilSis said:
I am looking for information on protecting files from deletion.
Currently we have documents that all our users need to be able to
read, but we want to
safeguard the files / folders from being deleted. We are already
limiting user rights to change the files / folders.

Is there any way to protect these documents and still allow users to
open the documents?
LilSis
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Make the documents/directories Read Only. If you have XP Pro, you can
set very fine-grained permissions. Since we don't know what operating
system you're running and if it is on a domain or not, that's as
specific as I can get. Here are some links discussing permissions:

How to disable Simple Sharing and set permissions on a shared folder in
Windows XP (Pro only)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307874

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308418

Methods Used to Apply Security Settings Throughout an Enterprise -
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216735

Malke
 
LilSis said:
I am looking for information on protecting files from deletion. Currently we
have documents that all our users need to be able to read, but we want to
safeguard the files / folders from being deleted. We are already limiting
user rights to change the files / folders.

Is there any way to protect these documents and still allow users to open
the documents?
LilSis
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Not really. The ability to open, modify and save files requires the
ability to delete them as well. When a file is opened a copy of it is
read into memory. When the file is saved the old version of the file has
to be deleted.

The real solution to this issue is user education/practices and frequent
backups.

Steve N.
 
=?Utf-8?B?TGlsU2lz?= said:
I am looking for information on protecting files from deletion. Currently we
have documents that all our users need to be able to read, but we want to
safeguard the files / folders from being deleted. We are already limiting
user rights to change the files / folders.
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Set the read only attribute.
 
Plato said:
Set the read only attribute.
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It's possible that may be good enough, but the original poster needs to be
made aware that it's just as easy to unset it as to set it. The read-only
attribute is more valuable to prevent accidental change or deletion of
something that shouldn't be changed or deleted than it is any kind of real
security measure.
 
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