Password Protecting a subfolder

Hi,

I'm trying to make sure I do something properly. We have a shared folder on
a 2003 server that several employees use. My manager wants to make a
subfolder password protected so only a couple of people can access it.
I've made mistakes before in trying to password protect folders and it
created problems for me.
What is the proper procedure for password protecting a subfolder?

Mike

 

Mike,

Why not just give permissions via the security tab to the people that
actually require it as oppose to trying to use passwords?

You'll find it a lot easier.

--
Regards,

Kev

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"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6195D85C-9843-4F1F-A794-A44518FECC3E@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make sure I do something properly. We have a shared folder
> on
> a 2003 server that several employees use. My manager wants to make a
> subfolder password protected so only a couple of people can access it.
> I've made mistakes before in trying to password protect folders and it
> created problems for me.
> What is the proper procedure for password protecting a subfolder?
>
> Mike
>

 

Kevin,

I'm sorry, you are right. I said it wrong. I don't want to password
protect, but I want to "access permission" protect. So for instance, I want
employee ABC to access a subfolder that many employees can access the higher
level folder. Do I just remove the inherit permissions from parent folder,
and add the users I want to have access, and it won't affect any other
folders, parent and otherwise?

Thanks,

Mike


"-= Kevin Cole =-" wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Why not just give permissions via the security tab to the people that
> actually require it as oppose to trying to use passwords?
>
> You'll find it a lot easier.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Kev
>
> Please respond to the newsgroup to keep the thread updated for everyone.
>
> Emails will only be answered when I have requested you email me.
> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6195D85C-9843-4F1F-A794-A44518FECC3E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to make sure I do something properly. We have a shared folder
> > on
> > a 2003 server that several employees use. My manager wants to make a
> > subfolder password protected so only a couple of people can access it.
> > I've made mistakes before in trying to password protect folders and it
> > created problems for me.
> > What is the proper procedure for password protecting a subfolder?
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
>

 

Hello Mike,

Create a MainShare under share permissions All USers (Full
Control) and under security (ntfs) prermissions All USers Read & Execute,
List Folder Contents and Read. And on each subfolder, give Users/groups
permission as necessary to perform responsibilities.

If you need to prevent users who don't have access from seeing the folders,
then use access-based enumeration (ABE)
Yes, Make sure remove inheritance from propergating to subfolders.
--
Isaac Oben [MCTIP:EA, MCSE]
"Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:297EB42D-8446-4009-B589-FDA8FCA8F351@microsoft.com...
> Kevin,
>
> I'm sorry, you are right. I said it wrong. I don't want to password
> protect, but I want to "access permission" protect. So for instance, I
> want
> employee ABC to access a subfolder that many employees can access the
> higher
> level folder. Do I just remove the inherit permissions from parent
> folder,
> and add the users I want to have access, and it won't affect any other
> folders, parent and otherwise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> "-= Kevin Cole =-" wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> Why not just give permissions via the security tab to the people that
>> actually require it as oppose to trying to use passwords?
>>
>> You'll find it a lot easier.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kev
>>
>> Please respond to the newsgroup to keep the thread updated for everyone.
>>
>> Emails will only be answered when I have requested you email me.
>> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6195D85C-9843-4F1F-A794-A44518FECC3E@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to make sure I do something properly. We have a shared
>> > folder
>> > on
>> > a 2003 server that several employees use. My manager wants to make a
>> > subfolder password protected so only a couple of people can access it.
>> > I've made mistakes before in trying to password protect folders and it
>> > created problems for me.
>> > What is the proper procedure for password protecting a subfolder?
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>>
>>
>>

 

On 04/16/09 13:22, Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE] wrote:

I second using NTFS file permissions as opposed to Share permissions to
control who can access files / folders.

> Yes, Make sure remove inheritance from propergating to subfolders.

<Share>
|
+---<Folder>
|
+---<Sub>

Given the above folder structure, would the OP have to uncheck "Inherit
Permissions" from the "Sub" folder? Or could s/he simply add additional
permissions to the "Sub" folder for the few people that need access it
as needed. I ask because I've had more than one occasion where
inheritance was turned off that made diagnosing problems more difficult
than it needed to be.



Grant. . . .

 

Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net> wrote:
> On 04/16/09 13:22, Isaac Oben [MCITP,MCSE] wrote:
>
> I second using NTFS file permissions as opposed to Share permissions
> to control who can access files / folders.
>
>> Yes, Make sure remove inheritance from propergating to subfolders.
>
> <Share>
> |
> +---<Folder>
> |
> +---<Sub>
>
> Given the above folder structure, would the OP have to uncheck
> "Inherit Permissions" from the "Sub" folder? Or could s/he simply
> add additional permissions to the "Sub" folder for the few people
> that need access it as needed. I ask because I've had more than one
> occasion where inheritance was turned off that made diagnosing
> problems more difficult than it needed to be.
>
>
>
> Grant. . . .

Instead of this, I'd suggest that shared folders maintain the same
permissions throughout. Anything requiring different access, should go into
a different share. It quickly becomes unmanageable when you set differing
permissions on subfolders.