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MaryLou

We are on a server and I want my microsoft office 2000 files to backup every
night. I have set up a folder on the server in my name and all my documents
are saved there (xcel, work, access, etc). I find that other employees are
going into my folderand changing some of my documents to suit them better and
I need to stop them as I am in accounting and some of the files are
sensitive. Is there a way to keep them out of my files?

Mary Lou
 
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Gordon

MaryLou said:
We are on a server and I want my microsoft office 2000 files to backup
every
night. I have set up a folder on the server in my name and all my
documents
are saved there (xcel, work, access, etc). I find that other employees
are
going into my folderand changing some of my documents to suit them better
and
I need to stop them as I am in accounting and some of the files are
sensitive. Is there a way to keep them out of my files?

Mary Lou
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I would suggest that from your description you are not on a "server" as
such - just a pc with shared folders. A real server with a real Server OS
would have automatic permissions set such that YOUR folder is not accessible
to anyone else. You, or your Admin need to set permissions on your folder
such that other users cannot access it.
 
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Harlan Grove

Gordon said:
...
I would suggest that from your description you are not on a
"server" as such - just a pc with shared folders. A real server
with a real Server OS would have automatic permissions set such
that YOUR folder is not accessible to anyone else. You, or your
Admin need to set permissions on your folder such that other users
cannot access it.
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I disagree. The OP appears not to be saving into her home directory on
the file server, which usually would be protected against access by
other user IDs. Instead, my take on this is that the OP created a
directory in a shared directory, and the created directory inherited
the permissions (i.e., that it's SHARED) from its parent. I doubt the
admins would want to create private subdirectories within shared
directories, so they're likely to tell the OP to store her sensitive
files in her home directory on the file server.
 
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Joseph Meehan

Both of the prior responses were good. I suspect you need to contact
your network people and explain the problem to them and ask they how you can
accomplish what you want. It can vary depending on how they have the system
set up.
 
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