Read File Permissions Question

[Kristian]

Is there a way that a person at his computer at a XP workstation grant
read permissions to a file WITHOUT the ability to print that file.?

How about at the Network Server using Windows 2000? Can the
administrator allow users to read without the ability to print what
they could read?

 

[Jim]

Is there a way that a person at his computer at a XP workstation grant
read permissions to a file WITHOUT the ability to print that file.?

How about at the Network Server using Windows 2000? Can the
administrator allow users to read without the ability to print what
they could read?

No to both. If you can read a file into a program such as Notepad you can
print it whenever you wish.

Jim

 

[WTC]

Is there a way that a person at his computer at a XP workstation
grant read permissions to a file WITHOUT the ability to print that
file.?

How about at the Network Server using Windows 2000? Can
the administrator allow users to read without the ability to print what
they could read?

Sure, deny the user(s) to print from the security tab of the printer(s).

HOW TO: Delegate Security for a Printer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282902

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

 

[I_cannot_say]

Sure, deny the user(s) to print from the security tab of the printer(s).

HOW TO: Delegate Security for a Printer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282902

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

But, won't this stop the user from printing everything?

 

[Jim]

But, won't this stop the user from printing everything?

Yes, and that is the reason that I didn't suggest this action.

Jim