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File Permissions - WinNT4 and Win2K

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by gary.t.urda

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Are there any problems if one tries to change permissions of files residing on an NT4 file server from a workstation running Win2K?

Is this acceptable?
Are there any "Gotcha's"?

I've been told that you should use similiar platforms... Don't know if this is true or a falicy????? Please help..

Thanks
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by ray k

I change permissions all the time on our work NT4 Server, but only for my (or others) data files. Unless I know what I am doing, I will not change the permissions on system, system related or programme files.

Why do I change permissions, to helpsecure (or unsecure) the files so mishaps will not ocurr, such as others deleting or changing your files.

Also you must have been granted the rights to change file permissions by the file owner or the network administrators.

Gotcha's - nothing that a system administrator (or at worst a restore of the file from the system backups) cannot fix. I have locked myself out of files in the early days by giving someone else permissions over my own files.

I have used WinNT4 and Win2000 to change permissions.

Hope this helps.

by mckaytech

I would be more concerned about potential "gotchas" going the other way (i.e. trying to administer a W2K server from an NT4 workstation). Nonetheless, I haven't seen any problems either way in the environments in which I've been working.

I routinely use a W2K Pro workstation to administer an NT server and it seems to work quite well.

paul

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