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You can set permissions to folders/files based on users or groups. This in itself does not &quot;hide&quot; the folder but restricts access to anyone not in the Acess Control List. You can hide the folder by right clicking folder and selecting the &quot;hidden&quot; attribute to hide the folder.
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You can set permissions to folders/files based on users or groups. This in itself does not "hide" the folder but restricts access to anyone not in the Acess Control List. You can hide the folder by right clicking folder and selecting the "hidden" attribute to hide the folder.

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Make a file called share$<br />
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This sort of hides the file.<br />
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Users will have to type in the path via windows explorer.<br />
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//server/share$/etc....<br />
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This is a good solution only if there are a small ammount of folders that you want a small ammount of people to have &quot;hidden access&quot; to.<br />
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Remember to set the NTFS permissions correctly aswell just incase someone peeps oveer your shoulder. ;-)
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Make a file called share$


This sort of hides the file.

Users will have to type in the path via windows explorer.

//server/share$/etc....


This is a good solution only if there are a small ammount of folders that you want a small ammount of people to have "hidden access" to.

Remember to set the NTFS permissions correctly aswell just incase someone peeps oveer your shoulder. ;-)

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Adding a $ to the end of a share name hides the share. &nbsp;It does not hide files or folders when viewed on the local machine
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Adding a $ to the end of a share name hides the share.  It does not hide files or folders when viewed on the local machine

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Dear all experts,<br />
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&nbsp; I would like to know in Windows 2003 Server, is it possible to hide a folder / file base on user level? &nbsp;Can I make some changes on the NTFS level so that only specific group of user can view the file / folder via network. &nbsp;For the rest of user, it will be hidden when they browse via network.<br />
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&nbsp; Kindly give me some help.<br />
<br />
Regards<br />

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Dear all experts,

  I would like to know in Windows 2003 Server, is it possible to hide a folder / file base on user level?  Can I make some changes on the NTFS level so that only specific group of user can view the file / folder via network.  For the rest of user, it will be hidden when they browse via network.

  Kindly give me some help.

Regards


Is it possible to hide a folder / file base on user level?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).