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File Permission - Special Access
Name: johnshay Date: September 17, 2003 at 05:16:15 Pacific OS: NT Server 4
Comment:
I would like a network user to be able to read, edit and save an ms word doc on a server share, but I do not want them to be able to delete the file.
I have set the permissions on the file to Special File Access and set the first three options, Read, Write and Execute. This does prevent the file from being deleted but the document, if edited, cannot be saved.
What permissions would I set to allow editing but not deleting?
Name: Maurice Reed Date: September 17, 2003 at 05:59:56 Pacific
Reply:
According to the manual you have done the correct thing. The 'Write' option should enable updating the file's contents.
I am wondering whether the problem is the lock file that MS Word creates e.g. edit fred.doc and the file ~$fred.doc OR something very similar is created, the user will need read/write AND delete permissions on that file. Problem is that as it's a temporary file, as soon as it gets deleted it's permissions will go too.
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