Thanks to Damien and Ben for the tips. Ben, you are correct, it's a startup scrip.
Curt -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Simple File Permissions Question On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jim Dandy <jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu> wrote: > I have a logon script that creates a file in a shared folder. The > owner of that file is the computer that made it. That's odd. Are you sure it's not a computer startup script? Logon scripts should run in the context of the user being logged on. > The way it's set up now, if another computer tries to overwrite that > file, it can't. ... What permissions should I give the folder so that > other computers can overwrite files created in that directory? IIRC, a subject (security principal) needs Change (Modify) permission to truncate or write within a file. To delete a file, one needs Delete on the file, or "delete children" (not actually called that) on the containing folder. > There is the Users group. Is there a similar group that defines just > computers? Yes. "Domain Computers". > Does the Users group include computers? No. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
