hungrybeaver
Expert Member
I've been messing with this for too long today and I need some help. My Google expertise is failing me on this specific task.
Basically, my company is having a comp for the best photos. Everyone who would like to submit photos can put them into a folder on the server, from which the judges can view all of them and pick the finalists. I've been given the task of creating a folder where employees can put their submissions in.
Now, creating & sharing the folder for users to put their submissions in is no problem. That's the easy bit. The problem (challenge) I am facing is that the users must not be able to delete anything in the folder other than their own submissions. They must also have the ability to create themselves a folder and rename it. Editing, deleting, moving etc of anyone else's files is not permitted.
I've setup a small test scenario with 3 test users. I've gotten to the point where users can create folders/files, but not rename them (problem). They can create & place files in the folder, but not delete them (not a major problem). How can i allow the user to rename the files/folders they create?
Let me add that I've been playing with the permissions for the 3 users by adding the users into the Security tab for the folder. Ideally I'd rather not have to set permissions for each user (80+ users), but rather simply allow users to edit their submitted files and not anyone else's. I was hoping the CREATOR_OWNER would solve this dilemma but unfortunately not, or maybe I'm using it wrong.
Any suggestions on what the best way forward is with this? This can't be such a difficult thing to do!
The server is a Server 2003 file server on a domain.
(i'm in the middle of about 5 things so if the above isn't clear i can explain better below if need be when i get a gap)
Basically, my company is having a comp for the best photos. Everyone who would like to submit photos can put them into a folder on the server, from which the judges can view all of them and pick the finalists. I've been given the task of creating a folder where employees can put their submissions in.
Now, creating & sharing the folder for users to put their submissions in is no problem. That's the easy bit. The problem (challenge) I am facing is that the users must not be able to delete anything in the folder other than their own submissions. They must also have the ability to create themselves a folder and rename it. Editing, deleting, moving etc of anyone else's files is not permitted.
I've setup a small test scenario with 3 test users. I've gotten to the point where users can create folders/files, but not rename them (problem). They can create & place files in the folder, but not delete them (not a major problem). How can i allow the user to rename the files/folders they create?
Let me add that I've been playing with the permissions for the 3 users by adding the users into the Security tab for the folder. Ideally I'd rather not have to set permissions for each user (80+ users), but rather simply allow users to edit their submitted files and not anyone else's. I was hoping the CREATOR_OWNER would solve this dilemma but unfortunately not, or maybe I'm using it wrong.
Any suggestions on what the best way forward is with this? This can't be such a difficult thing to do!
The server is a Server 2003 file server on a domain.
(i'm in the middle of about 5 things so if the above isn't clear i can explain better below if need be when i get a gap)
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. The mkdir command works though if you really need custom folder names.