joe43wv Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hey gang, I have a question. My supervisor is wanting me to find an app. that will prompt users for a password when they access certain network shared folders. The folders are shared out on the network at the server, and will be accessed at the workstations. The servers are running Server 2003 and the workstations are running Windows XP Pro. Any ideas on what will help work? I've tested a couple of apps. and no luck. Any help would be apprecaited.Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendrag Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 you won't really find this in an app, it's more a security related issue, which can be addressed through setting up permissions on the folders. Have you taken a look at that yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe43wv Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Ya I've looked into it. The only thing is, I have the share folder reading off the user's ID, then once in the share they have full access to all the folders, I'd like to set it up, that once in the share, they have to have a password to open the folders inside the share. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendrag Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 you'd need to set up security on the individual folders then, in addition to the shares.these might help:http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/...rver-right-way/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324267 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe43wv Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks rendrag, but that still doesn't do what I need it to do. I'll keep searching and if anyone else has any possible solutions I'd appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'd like to set it up, that once in the share, they have to have a password to open the folders inside the share. Any ideas?Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe43wv Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 The reason I'm asking this question is, I work in a hospital, and as you all know patient info. is VERY confidential, we have a VPN setup with a doctor's office across down, and are saving some of the info. in these folders and sending them across the VPN, the folders inside the share are named by the patient name, and once you open the folder there's all the patients documents. The reason we are wanting a password on each folder is so the doctors will be able to access this info. on designated devices throughout the hospital and not just anybody can walk up and open a folder and read the info. inside. Does that make any sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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