Saving to local disk

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I want to prevent users from writing to the local disk. Instead, I'd like
them to write all data on their mapped network drive. I don't care if they
can see the local disk, I just don't want them writing to it.
Can anyone shed some light on this issue?


Thanks,
Frank
 
There are basically two approaches: you can redirect "My Documents" to a
share; this doesn't force the user to store files here but it does prompt
him/her to do so.

Or, you can make the user a restricted one (assuming XP Pro) and remove or
change the permissions on the local "My Documents" folder. For this to work
you need to be using the NTFS filesystem. The disadvantage of this approach
is that it also makes it installation (and in some cases configuring or
registering) of software an _extremely_ circuitous process.
 
Thanks Ian for your reply and I apologies for not completely explaining
myself. Yes, we are running XP Pro and students login via their AD account.
All I want them to see is their mapped network drive and nothing else. I
don't want them to see or even be able to access the local disks, with the
exception of the A drive and any removable media.
Any suggestions?
 
Frank.Jara said:
I want to prevent users from writing to the local disk. Instead,
I'd like them to write all data on their mapped network drive. I
don't care if they can see the local disk, I just don't want them
writing to it.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
Click to expand...
There are basically two approaches: you can redirect "My Documents"
to a share; this doesn't force the user to store files here but it
does prompt him/her to do so.

Or, you can make the user a restricted one (assuming XP Pro) and
remove or change the permissions on the local "My Documents"
folder. For this to work you need to be using the NTFS filesystem.
The disadvantage of this approach is that it also makes it
installation (and in some cases configuring or registering) of
software an _extremely_ circuitous process.
Click to expand...

Frank.Jara said:
Thanks Ian for your reply and I apologies for not completely
explaining myself. Yes, we are running XP Pro and students login
via their AD account. All I want them to see is their mapped
network drive and nothing else. I don't want them to see or even
be able to access the local disks, with the exception of the A
drive and any removable media.
Any suggestions?
Click to expand...

Changed your mind on the visibility of the local disks, eh?

NTFS file and directory permissions.
Give them Read/Execute only.
They'll be able to see it/execute it (and they need to be able to execute
for sure!) from the local disk - but not write.

Usually - "users" (members of this local group) of a computer have this
setting. They cannot write to MOST areas of the local disk.
 
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