ACCESS DENIED DISK IS FULL

[GooGol]

We have set up NTFS user security policy on a specific folder to allow only
the modification of the files in the folder. Word creates and deletes
temporary files that it produces once any specific document is opened in the
folder which leads to a violation of the security policy. Whenever I try to
edit a document, it tells me DISK IS FULL, and it denies me access.

We do not want to give delete and create rights to these users. But I want
the users to be able to edit the files at hand with out giving them delete
and create rights.

Any workaround ? any suggestions ? greatly appreciate it.

 

[Jay Freedman]

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 explains how and
where Word creates temporary files. Some of those files must be in the same
folder as the document at the time the doc is opened -- there's no way
around that. You won't be able to open any documents in that folder unless
you grant create rights.

You can deny delete rights if you wish. That just means Word won't be able
to automatically delete temp files when documents close. (Sometimes it
"forgets" anyway. <g>) You can then set up a scheduled administrative script
that cleans out temp files overnight. Graham Mayor has an article at
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm that may help in
writing that script.

Finally, let me ask what is the purpose of this exercise. If a user can open
a document, erase all its contents, replace them with something completely
different, and store that back on the server, how is that different from
being able to delete and create?

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If users want to be able to even open these files, much less edit them, they
must have create/delete permission to deal with the temp files. If you're
not willing to provide it in that folder, users will have to copy the files
to be used to a different folder for editing, then copy the edited version
back to the restricted folder.