Guest pstarr.google@ussfirestorm.org Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Hello, I provide IT/Network support for a K-8 private school. The school uses a Windows 2003 server and Windows XP clients. On the server is a shared folder that is used by workstations in a computer lab for students to save their school assignments. These lab computers all log in with the same user account. We've recently run into the issue where students have been deleting the assignments of other students or moving files and folders to another folder, and I spend a significant amount of time undeleting files, and moving the files around means the instructors are spending additional time trying to find the missing files. In an attempt to resolve this, I had set up an explicit delete deny for the lab account to that folder. Now we've run into another issue - the technology class has started using Windows Movie Maker to produce short movies using pictures and sound effects. Because of the delete deny, students have been unable to save their work, forcing me to remove the delete deny. So, I'm looking for a solution that would allow students to save movie maker files to the network folder, while at the same time keeping them from deleting and moving files on the server.
Guest Harry Bates Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: Stuck on Permissions Can you assign them home directories in ADUC? Just create a share on the server, higlight all of the users in AD and modify their User Home Directory. AD will create all of the individual home folders for you. Harry Bates Lockheed Martin <pstarr.google@ussfirestorm.org> wrote in message news:3c9536a5-1e85-43bb-a4db-98ea1af09b45@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > I provide IT/Network support for a K-8 private school. The school > uses a Windows 2003 server and Windows XP clients. On the server is a > shared folder that is used by workstations in a computer lab for > students to save their school assignments. These lab computers all > log in with the same user account. > > We've recently run into the issue where students have been deleting > the assignments of other students or moving files and folders to > another folder, and I spend a significant amount of time undeleting > files, and moving the files around means the instructors are spending > additional time trying to find the missing files. In an attempt to > resolve this, I had set up an explicit delete deny for the lab account > to that folder. > > Now we've run into another issue - the technology class has started > using Windows Movie Maker to produce short movies using pictures and > sound effects. Because of the delete deny, students have been unable > to save their work, forcing me to remove the delete deny. > > So, I'm looking for a solution that would allow students to save movie > maker files to the network folder, while at the same time keeping them > from deleting and moving files on the server.
Guest SBS Rocker Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: Stuck on Permissions When you say you "delete deny" what are you saying? What are you "denying". There's really nothing special you need to do here. If the users have "Modify" NTFS permissions on the folder, by "default" they are no able to delete and folders or files (checkout the "advance" permissions settings for those with "modify" access). Perhaps the folder is inheriting permissions and when you make changes they are not applied. Please post your folder structure and share as well as NTFS permissions and perhaps we can get a better picture. <pstarr.google@ussfirestorm.org> wrote in message news:3c9536a5-1e85-43bb-a4db-98ea1af09b45@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Hello, > > I provide IT/Network support for a K-8 private school. The school > uses a Windows 2003 server and Windows XP clients. On the server is a > shared folder that is used by workstations in a computer lab for > students to save their school assignments. These lab computers all > log in with the same user account. > > We've recently run into the issue where students have been deleting > the assignments of other students or moving files and folders to > another folder, and I spend a significant amount of time undeleting > files, and moving the files around means the instructors are spending > additional time trying to find the missing files. In an attempt to > resolve this, I had set up an explicit delete deny for the lab account > to that folder. > > Now we've run into another issue - the technology class has started > using Windows Movie Maker to produce short movies using pictures and > sound effects. Because of the delete deny, students have been unable > to save their work, forcing me to remove the delete deny. > > So, I'm looking for a solution that would allow students to save movie > maker files to the network folder, while at the same time keeping them > from deleting and moving files on the server.
Guest pstarr.google@ussfirestorm.org Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Re: Stuck on Permissions We ended up creating individual logins for the grade 6-8 students at the school, but would still like to figure this out. As for the folder structure, the folder is named and shared as "techlab". Permission inheritance has been disabled for this folder. Most folders inherit their permissions from this folder. There are 3 user groups that have permissions assigned to this folder. Network Administrators (my access): Full Control Teachers: Full Control Students: Modify This folder is intended for students to be able to save their work. Unfortunately, "kids will be kids," and students have been deleting the work of their classmates. The students all share the same login for the workstations. There are two computer labs, one in the library (login: Library, member of: Domain Users, Students), and one in the standalone lab (login: Lab, member of: Domain Users, Students). This means that the CREATOR OWNER of the documents the students create are under the Library or Lab accounts - I believe this is where they are getting the ability to delete from, but I could be wrong. However, as I said in my previous post, Windows Movie Maker does not play by the rules, and "deletes" the old copy of the file and creates a new file whenever you save the document.
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