User accounts W2K

[FOH]

I have a W2K machine and all I have ever used is the administrator account. I want to setup another account for my child with restrictions so they can't mess things up. So I went into users and passwords in control panel and setup a restricted user account in their name....no problem.

Now the question, when I log on as administrator and go to c:/documents and settings/? I can see my administrator folder, but not the folder I just made for the restricted account. BUT?. When I log in the restricted account, I can see that folder AND the administrator folder but just can't access the administrator folder.

I assumed, as administrator I could see, AND ACCESS all folders on this computer? is that not right??? I can actually see more folders logged in the restricted account, than I can logged in as administrator!!!!

Is there not a way to access the files and folders of other accounts from the administrator account??

 

[Nothinman]

I assumed, as administrator I could see, AND ACCESS all folders on this computer? is that not right???

Yes, that's not right. You can change the ACLs on the files if you want, but by default only that user has access to their own files.

Is there not a way to access the files and folders of other accounts from the administrator account??

Sure, change the permissons. But be careful about it otherwise you could lock them out of their own files.

 

[mechBgon]

Is it possible that you went looking for the new user account's folder before you'd actually logged on with that new account? IIRC, that user account's folder is created the first time the account logs on, not prior. So maybe take another lookie now.

Also, if you're using Win2k then you might want to give Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer a whirl. It's free, easy enough to use, and may be helpful. I see they just came out with version 2.0.1, in fact.