Group Security Problem 1

[usvinyl]

I have two users that I want to restrict to four folders. But I want everyone to see the two folders. Is there a way to eliminate the two users from the other folders easily. All folders are set up with 'everyone' accessible to them. Example: users 1-15 can access folders a-z vis the 'everyone' group. I want users 1 and 8 to only see folders a,k,p,z.
How are security groups set up? I am new.

Thank you for your help.
Bill

 

[jtb]

May we recommend you pick up a couple books and study? And while the thing you want to do is possible, if you are new, I would recommend you not attempt it in a production environment before you practice on a test site separated from the production network...

read the MS/technet site about "setting up security groups"... start here: IT Introduction to Windows 2000 Security

JTB
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[usvinyl]

JTB I have three books but my exact question is not answered. Nor was it answered in the link you sent me too. That link was a little basic and I have been working with WIndows off and on for about two years. I just need some advice. Sorry maybe I should not have used the word 'new'.

Can anyone help?

 

[jtb]

Well, two years *is* still "new", as your post indicated... try adding the two users to a new security group, restricting the group as you wish...

You can use a variety of methods including manually adjusting the permissions, creating/modifying a GPO, scripts, and so on...

Alternately, you could create a network share with the appropriate folders and restrict the users to that.


Seriously, you may want to practice with this one in a non-production environment (model office, staging, whatever)before releasing the change... altering permissions can affect a lot of things in ways that are difficult to troubleshoot...

JTB
Have Certs, Will Travel
"A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."