File Permissions Ignored if You Start File Manager From OSB (146604)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office for Windows 95
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
This article was previously published under Q146604 SYMPTOMS
When you start File Manager in Windows NT 3.51 from the Office Shortcut
Bar, you may be able to see files in a folder (directory) to which you have
no permissions.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are met:
- You log on to an NT File System (NTFS) in Windows NT as an
administrator.
-and-
- You create a folder and remove all users who have permission
to access the folder.
-and-
- You grant a user other than yourself all permissions to access the
folder.
-and-
- You add File Manager to the Office Shortcut Bar, and then you start File
Manager by clicking the button on the Office Shortcut Bar.
-and-
- You open the folder that you had previously created as the administrator
to which you no longer have permissions.
This problem occurs because the Office Shortcut Bar enables backup and
restore permissions in order to write user settings in the registry. When
you start a program, such as File Manager, from the Office Shortcut Bar,
the program inherits the backup and restore permissions from the Office
Shortcut Bar and you are able to see files in a folder to which you do not
have permission.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in
Microsoft Office versions 7.0a and 7.0b for Windows 95.
MORE INFORMATION
When you exercise backup and restore permissions, Windows NT allows you to
bypass file security to back up files.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB146604 |
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