I'm using XP professional and when I try to set up the permissions for the website folder I have no security tab; just a customize tab in its place. Any idea what I need to do?

thanks,
pkemman

I'm wondering if it's possible...

 do you have FAT or NTFS disks?

Yeah, that's possible. By default, when you install XP Professional, an option called "Simple Sharing" has been enabled to ease the process of sharing files between users.

To disable this feature, open a Windows Explorer and then choose Tools | Folder Options... On the View tab, scroll all the way down and deselect Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended).

Although "recommended" by Microsoft, disabling this feature will give you back your security tab and the ability to have fine-grained control over your security settings.

HtH

Imar


---------------------------------------
Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Thanks for the tip. I'll put it to use.

I've secured my FileManager with the user authentication of ThePhile.
It's not so hard to get this running:

• add a new permission category to your database
• grant this permission to any user who should be able to change files
• change the OnInit method in BrowseFiles.aspx.cs (inside the Web Form Designer generated code) like said in http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=110 to be sure that the following cast is possible
• put the code which should be secured inside a if-statment like this:
  Code:

  if(((DorfmusikantenPrincipal)Context.User).HasPermission((int)FilePermissions.FileAdministration))

I've also secured the Download.aspx and EditFile.aspx, but I don't think it's needed.

Regards,

Andreas