Re: How to update a file that is open on the network read only

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From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 08/10/04


Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:47:04 -0700

ffh wrote:

> If group A has read only access to shared files on a network and group
> B have rights to modify the same files, how can you set permissions to
> allow group B to modify the files even if they are already open in
> read-only form by group A?

Unless the application supports this, I don't think you can do this.
However, you might want to post in one of the networking groups. Here's
a link to a list of all the MS newsgroups:

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

Malke

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