Need to restrict users to copy file from share folder

Question

_{Tuesday, April 19, 2016 4:59 AM}

Hi

I need to Restrict Users to Copy file from Shared Folder. Please let me know is there any method to achieve this requirement.

Can you help me with this?

Regards

Surendhar.J

All replies (2)

_{Tuesday, April 19, 2016 5:47 AM ✅Answered}

Hi Serendhar,

Sorry, but that's not possible.
See this thread for details: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/da74f8f3-be8d-419b-bad7-2b62cd149da0/share-folder-permisson-for-user-deny-copy?forum=winserversecurity

Kind regards,

Matthijs

_{Tuesday, April 19, 2016 6:55 AM ✅Answered}

Preventing users from copying : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/523d3a0f-b4c3-4e24-8766-17e26ee09ca4/preventing-users-from-copying-but-keeping-write-access?forum=winservergen

If user have Read permission, they can copy it. So actually you cannot restrict user from copy your files if they could read/edit.

Some programs could help restrict users from edit/modify/copy the content of their files such as Office files, PDF files etc as Oscar said above.

I will also suggest you to enable security auditing on files and folders. It will help you to track every critical changes/access made on file server and take appropriate action soon to be possible. This guide provides step-wise instructions to enable security auditing on files and folders : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-enable-File-and-af674be4

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