[divvy 900]

Hey People,

I am working in a centre and want to allow people to have a folder on a shared P.C. that only they can open.

This is where they will store their course work and I want to ensure that no one can edit / delete etc their work. Freeware / open source etc

Any help greatly appreciated

Divvy 900

[Mihau]

divvy 900, on 08 October 2011 - 09:16 PM, said:

Hey People,

I am working in a centre and want to allow people to have a folder on a shared P.C. that only they can open.

This is where they will store their course work and I want to ensure that no one can edit / delete etc their work. Freeware / open source etc

Any help greatly appreciated

Divvy 900

What OS are you using?

[jimgoose]

If I needed to do something like that I'd use Linux and Samba. You could run a Linux fileserver in a VMWare virtual host, thus leaving the Windows installation on the PC intact?

[K Kid]

And in English.....................

[Jack N. Noff]

K Kid, on 10 October 2011 - 09:14 AM, said:

And in English.....................

[KTRIC]

Very easy to do, but without knowing the OS it's hard to give an answer.

For example just sharing a folder in Windows and granting access to it for each user is sufficient.

[jimgoose]

K Kid, on 10 October 2011 - 09:14 AM, said:

And in English.....................

Jack N. Noff, on 10 October 2011 - 09:50 AM, said:

<Ahem> Sorry.

Just saying that that sort of thing is a lot easier to set up and manage properly in a Unix-like environment. Linux is a free Unix clone that runs on PCs, and Samba is a free app that enables it to "speak" to Windows, share directories, etc.

Short of all that, assuming the PC is running some variant of Windows, you can just create a shed-load of directories under the shared area - one per-user. For example, under Windows XP Pro, you can right-click each one and take "Sharing and Security" from the drop-down menu. Tick "Share this folder", then hit the "Permissions" button. Then hit "Add", followed by "Advanced" - that'll show all kinds of options for adding users, groups, etc. and controlling their access permissions.

[cb1]

They could log on as a non-administrator and would only have access to folders in that user.
From a search on the web, software is needed to encrypt folders; such as software
I would always back up work on my own external device. Or just get them to work from a USB stick?

[jimgoose]

cb1, on 10 October 2011 - 10:27 AM, said:

They could log on as a non-administrator and would only have access to folders in that user...

That'd work OK in conjunction with Windows Remote Desktop (%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe). Careful though - Windows has a habit of leaving global read access on users' home directories.

[Ozzy]

Google docs sounds what your after

[divvy 900]

Thanks for all the replies.

I should have said windows xp sp 3.

The situation is that in the centre there is 12 computers for nearly 70 students. Only teacher / admin / and student log in options.
The students all log in on the student window so they are all able to see th same folders.

The IT is in the process of being sorted but it is fairly chaotic. I might get a job in the near future ( fingers crossed).

I can think of 2 options:
1. Get 70 memory sticks - (expensive - dont know about the budget and messy)

2. If I could find a software that would let me password protect each folder it would allow each student to personally have a folder??

Any thoughts ??

Divvy

[kevinb99]

Can you not set it to "read only" in folder options????

This post has been edited by kevinb99: 10 October 2011 - 10:15 PM

[KTRIC]

divvy 900, on 10 October 2011 - 06:32 PM, said:

Thanks for all the replies.

I should have said windows xp sp 3.

The situation is that in the centre there is 12 computers for nearly 70 students. Only teacher / admin / and student log in options.
The students all log in on the student window so they are all able to see th same folders.

The IT is in the process of being sorted but it is fairly chaotic. I might get a job in the near future ( fingers crossed).

I can think of 2 options:
1. Get 70 memory sticks - (expensive - dont know about the budget and messy)

2. If I could find a software that would let me password protect each folder it would allow each student to personally have a folder??

Any thoughts ??

Divvy

I can have this sorted in a couple of hours for you. If its 70 students then they'll need accounts setup on the host machine.

[sutty]

1) How are logon accounts handled? Is there a Domain Server or is it from local accounts on local machines?

2) Is there a file server or even a NAS box?

If none of the above, it means that only set users can log onto set machines. Other wise, they will be logging on to different machines and missing their files from machine A. If you get a nas box/file server, you can setup folders on it and have a network share for a User directory. Under that you should be able to setup permissions for folders. So when Student 2 logs on to a PC. Have a small bat file run and map the drive. Once mapped they just go to their folder and they and the Admin/teachers should be the only ones with access depending on how you set the permissions.