Restrict to Copy

[shujathmsa]

I want ot share some files and applications on the network so that some to the users can view it and can execute them, but i don't want any of them to copy that applications or files. I want to know if we can set some special permissions so that they can execute or view the files. I want to share the files on any of my Windows 2000 Professional, XP, 2000 or 2003 Server Computers.

[Bill Castner]

There is not in either Windows permissions, or the set of NTFS permissions, a security setting to deny a copy operation.

You can use Group Policy to deny a write to removable devices, such as the floppy drive, CD/DVD Rom drives, and USB devices.

Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) offers a fairly rich set of Group Policy controls in this regard. See: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articl ... Part1.html

This is particularly true for Vista clients: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVi ... x?mfr=true

For Legacy client and server OS versions, you would need to use a custom .ADM file to add similar Group Policy objects. Fortunately, this work has been done for you already: http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/w ... olicy.html