In article , GS wrote:
I agree in general, but I thought Active Directory availed more fine
control via Group Policy implementation.

Another option is to implement a repository where access/permissions
can be controlled in a more granular fashion. One example is PDM
Works, where users must login/logout files. What they're allowed to
do with the files can be controlled to a very fine-grained set of
rules.

.. so is that a product you have to buy form a non MS supplier ?
Seems crazy to me that the MS system doesn't come with an easy way to
set permissions ... but there you go. :)

PDM Works is 3rd party software that I use with my CAD apps for
controlling who has what access/permissions to work with files in the
repository. It utilizes NTFS permissions along with its own methodology
of files/users management.

Otherwise, I suspect ActiveDirectory+GroupPolicy would be able to
govern what users can do to a finer degree.

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Garry

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