Nope. Think about it... If you can read it, there is nothing stopping you from saving the "read stream" as a new file. Let me guess... You are trying to prevent someone from copying some sensitive file, and a simple "Don't copy the files someplace else" statement didn't work... "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." - E. Crowley. Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Posted At: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:55 AM Posted To: Windows 2000 Conversation: [windows2000] NTFS-permissions Subject: [windows2000] NTFS-permissions Hi list, Do the NTFS-permissions in windows 2000 and/or 2003 Servers allow for a user or group to be able to read but not copy a file or folder? As far as I know they don't, but I thought I'd throw out a hook and see what I catch, if anything. Is there any other way to achieve this if NTFS can't do it, ie read a file or folder but not copy it? Thx for any feedback. BW, Sorin # Sorin Srbu, Systems Engineer Web: http://pharm.orgfarm.uu.se/pc/ # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry, Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 >3 signals> GSM # Div of Org Pharm Chem, Mobile Phone: +46 (0)701-718023 # Box 574, Uppsala University, Fax: +46 (0)18-4714474 # SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, D5:512b # # Public PGP key available on request. # # () ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail # /\ # # Harmless tagline follows: # # SUPERCOMPUTER: what it sounded like before you bought it. ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm