Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Is there anyway to restrict access to files on a LAN?
Like put a read lock on them or something?
Or can you put a ban on streaming the videos from another computer?
Basicly the files are on an external HDD connected to my laptop and all computers are conected on a LAN
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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very difficult without active directory.
Where are these files, on a NAS/PC/SAN?
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Doug
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Its an external HDD plugged into my laptop, laptop is then plugged in by ethernet to the network.
If it were a NAS it would be alot easier!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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What exactly do you want to achieve?
Have them visible on the network without being able to access them?
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Doug
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Yes pretty much, Just so I dont have it whirring at night with people taking stuff off it.
I cant turn it off as I watch films etc off it at night as I fall asleep
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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If you don't want people taking things of it just unshare it?
That sound like what you want to do anyway although just at night?
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pow
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What windows u running?
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Doug
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XP.
Its a pain to select all the folders to share and un-share all the time...
Is there like a schedular or something that I could use?
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Pro or unpro?
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Doug
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Pro
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Doug
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Or even a way to just block connections. Like automaticly stop sessions when they start?
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Leicestershire
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you going to be the only user? if so security settings on the folder and just have your user name in it, then when people try and accses it, it will say private folder.
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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why not rename the shares? if you add a $ at the end off them they will be hidden and wont show up when you browse the machine etc, thus you would only be able to access the share if you know the full name of it 
[Edited on 30-10-2007 by jamesw]
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Can't you just set the access rights to the files?
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Can't you just set the access rights to the files?
Yep, set the permissions for each user to read only?.
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