Tech Support > Operating Systems > Windows 2000 > inaccessible folder
inaccessible folder
Posted by Jim on September 14th, 2003


Hello,
In Windows 2000, is there any way that a user can create
a private folder which is not accessible by other users
including Administrator. If I create a word file I can
give open-password for the file and nobody can access it
without password (they can delete but that is fine). I am
wondering if I can do the same kind of things for a
folder.
Thanks,
Jim.

Posted by Dave Patrick on September 14th, 2003


If the drive is NTFS, you can set permissions, but anyone with local
administrator rights can take ownership.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Jim" wrote:


Posted by Jim on September 14th, 2003


Thanks Dave for the reply,
My computer is connected to the network and the user id
that I am using is a network Admin, but there are other
network admins in the network, I want to create a folder
and prevent others from accessing it. If I create this
folder in my PC in C drive, is there any way that other
admins can access it? If yes, how can I restrict that?
Thanks,
Jim.

Posted by Dave Patrick on September 14th, 2003


Depends .... are you talking network access (shared drive) or local access?

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Jim" wrote:


Posted by Jim on September 15th, 2003


Thanks,
My C drive on my computer is actually not shared, but the
other admins can easily log in to my computer with their
user id and share the drive if they want. Can I do
anything on my unshared C drive so that other users even
admins can not reach to that folder?
Thanks,
Jim.

Posted by Dave Patrick on September 15th, 2003


A couple of ideas;

To remove administrative shares;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\LanmanServer\Parameters
Set the Reg_Dword value of
"AutoShareWks"=0
If it doesn't exist, ADD it.

Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Local Security Policy\Security
Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment, then "Access this computer
from the network" Properties and remove as desired.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

"Jim" wrote:


Posted by Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP on September 15th, 2003


Dave Patrick wrote:
Don't forget one other hole, Dave. Telnet.
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Ricardo M. Urbano
Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP


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