I have two domain logins for an XP machine one an authenticated user and one an administrator. I keep running into problems of creating files (mainly having to do with programming projects) while in the admin account that are not accessible to the user account because they are considered admin only. Is there a way to remove the "admin owned" aspect of files created under an administrator login so they can be read and changed by any authenticated user?

3/20/2009 10:44:39 AM

sure.

first, turn off simple file sharing.

then, right-click the files in question, go to the Security tab, click Add, type Authenticated Users, click OK, then give that group whatever permissions you'd like.

3/20/2009 11:18:40 AM

Right, but is there a way to, in essence, have that done automatically on every file I create, download, or access with the admin account. I wasn't sure if there was some sort of file sharing policy option for adding authenticated users to all of the admin accounts files.

3/20/2009 11:42:49 AM

if you set the permissions on the folder that the files are contained in and then set those permissions to be inherited, it should apply to everything placed in that folder.

3/20/2009 11:50:21 AM

Good point, thanks.

3/20/2009 12:15:49 PM