Stop copying from Shared Folder

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a small XP network not on a domain. I've setup a couple of shared
folders and given some users full access, others read only.

My problem is that I want the read-only user to be able to see and read the
documents in the shared folder but I don't want them to be able to copy those
documents to anywhere else on either the local machine or the network.

I can't find a way to do this using either share permissions or NTFS
permissions. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Karl

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi,

I have a small XP network not on a domain. I've setup a couple of shared
folders and given some users full access, others read only.

My problem is that I want the read-only user to be able to see and read
the
documents in the shared folder but I don't want them to be able to copy
those
documents to anywhere else on either the local machine or the network.

I can't find a way to do this using either share permissions or NTFS
permissions. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Karl

Anyone who can read, can copy.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

That is not possible. If they can read via a share they can copy if they can
write to somewhere else. There are solutions that can prevent copy using
Windows Rights Management but it requires the use of at least a Certificate
Authority server and compatible applications and still can not stop all
copying for a determined user who could resort to photographing monitor
screen with a digital camera. --- Steve