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How to block folders on a shared drive

Discussion in 'Networking (Hardware & Software)' started by Lee, 2002/01/17.

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    Both running Windows 2000, how would I do it?
     
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    I'm thinking we'll need a little more info on this one. When you say "block folders ", do you mean deny access or hide the shares? What kind of shares...administrative shrares, file serving shares...?

    Thanks!:cool:
     

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    Sorry, I'm not too bright with networking, although I'm taking Cisco, heh. Ok me and my brother have our comps networked, I have my C drive shared on it, and it shares every folder in it. I need it so certain folders can't be accessed from him computer.
     
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    Don't share the whole drive. Just share the folders you want him to see.
    I think I'm correct on that one?
     
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    Ok great, thanks for the info!

    ssmith10pn is correct, you could share individual folders instead of the entire C drive.

    -- OR --

    If you don't want to mess with that, you can deny access to whatever folders you don't your brother to access using NTFS permissions. Note: You will need to be running the NTFS file system in order to do this. If you don't know if you're running FAT32 or NTFS, right click on any folder and click "Properties ". If you see a "Security" tab, you're running NTFS. No security tab, you're running FAT32.

    Post back if you have any questions.

    :)
     
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    Hulka,
    You gave me flashbacks of MCSE courses! :rolleyes:
    Every time I answered the question with DENY I was wrong! LOL!
     
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    I set it up at FAT32 because I didn't learn about NTFS in my high school A+ class. So since I'm using FAT32, I can't deny certain folders, I'll just have to share certain ones?
     
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    yup
     
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    I thought you might say you were running FAT32...

    You can actually convert your file system to NTFS without loosing any data. There is a command-line utility that allows you to do this conversion. Check out How to Convert FAT Disks to NTFS on Microsoft's website for all the info. It's some good reading if you're new to the command line and file systems.

    Once you do the conversion, you will have the Security tab available in the folders' properties. Set the permissions however you want them!

    :cool:
     
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