NTFS/share permissions

[Davíð Þórisson]

I have computers A & B on a network in my home. My wife mostly uses A while
B is my laptop. From B I map to a folder on A which contains our music
library. I want to be able to edit file names and ID tags while I want only
to grant read access to my wife so that she doesn't accidently erase our
library! So while mapping I use my user account on computer A which is an
administative account and therefor has full access. Then I've set NTFS
permissions so that she has read only access while administrators of course
have full access. In sharing permissions it's the same.
Still - she can edit the files and I can only stop that by adding deny
permissions to the folder?!! I would have thought that she had no access
until allowed - could it be that WinXP grants her write access "by
default"??

 

[Guest]

Depending upon how your wife accesses the music library folder will determine which permissions are applied to her account. If she is access ing the folder through a shared mapped network drive from Windows Explorer then she is getting both the Share permissions as well as the NTFS permissions. If she is accessing the folder directly through a non-share then she is not getting the shared permissions and is getting the NTFS permissions.

You should also focus on the NTFS permissions at the folder level you are assigning and the groups that are being assigned permissions. Verify that your wife is not a member of another security group that is getting elevated priveledges (i.e. Everyone-Full Control, Creator Owner-Full Control, Power Users-Full Control).

Hope this helps