Stik62 Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 How do I control access to files and folders for limited users on the same local machine if they are in the "Users Group" (default right?). They have access to any file created by default. I have tried removing the "Users Group" then create a new Group and place the user in the new group and remove them from the "Users Group". Basically what i want is a folder accessable by a group of users that I create but does not allow users in the "Users group" access and i want to keep them as limited accounts. I will be using this over a peer to peer network when i figure it out. Thanks for any input.
cyberpyr8 Posted April 5, 2006 Posted April 5, 2006 If you have four local users, Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty and they are all members of "users" and you want to restrict the access to the data folder to only Fred and Wilma then make a new group "access group" and put Fred and Wilma in that group. On the security of the data folder, remove the "users" group and put in the "access group" you created as having permissions. By removing the "users group" Barney and Betty should not have access to the data folder, but Fred and Wilma still can. You shouldn't have to remove Fred and Wilma from the "users group" to make this happen. Normally you don't want to remove people from that group unless you are going to make them admins.
Stik62 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks cyberpyr8. I was doing it correctly however i was not logging out of the account that i was using for testing so apparently it would not update the move into the new group I created. By the way whats up with the IP/ISP/OS and browser?
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