Password question

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Umm... if you leave your PC unlocked, how long do you think that access will remain restricted?

 

I didn't say my pc, just that if someone starts that sort of crap in the network.

I always lock my pc.

 

...then, how would you know that someone's going around playing practical jokes on unlocked PCs? The "victim" isn't likely to go up to you and say, "My stuff's messed up... er... because I left my PC unlocked... ", are they?

 

Care to wager a tenner on it?

 

Take video - it'll be hilarious to see a user actually admit to the admin that their PC was compromised because of a failure to lock their PC.

 

Then I'll start with the CEO and work downwards.

 

That video would be worth taking up a collection for a tenner!

 

Couldn't you just set that folders attributes (in properties) to hidden? and for extra security disable the status bar in the folders (to stop it indicating the presence of hidden files/folders)

 

Big Brotha,

The current user logged in is a member of an adminstrator group. So your proposal is to hide folders from yourself?

Once again, the problem isn't to protect folders from others, the "problem" is to attempt to protect folders from the currently logged in user, in this case a user that has "(admin privelages)."

 

r.h.lee

The original poster suggested that it was for if he (logged in as administrator) left the unsecured machine temporarily, eg to answer a phone that a means was needed to keep prying eyes (somebody unauthorised but at that pc and logged in as administrator) out of a specific folder and this was a different way to do it.

You're correct, my proposal would be to hide the folders from yourself because the prying eyes would be logged in as you and could snoop around but won't find your folder this way, if it was just password protected then theres a chance they could copy it and eventually get it cracked or have some potentially awkward questions about it.

 

I have been locking it, seems the best way tbh.

 

Why post the question in the first place. What a drag

 

simple as!

 

because I wanted to know if I could make that folder need a password even if I was logged in.

 

Is it my imagination or is that I never made a post as regards to that.. Just kidding.

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