Troubleshoot synchronizing offline files

From: allan grossman [mvp] (allan_grossman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 05:43:39 -0700

Hi, Judy -

File synchronization isn't real smart - anyone who
modifies a file and synchronizes with the network will
overwrite the network copy as long as they have
permission to overwrite the file. It doesn't matter who
owns the file, anyone with write access can overwrite it.

I think the best thing you can do is set permissions on
the network file so only you can write to it - that will
prevent the sales guys from overwriting your stuff.

If you right-click the file on the network share (not the
local copy) and select 'Properties' you'll see
a 'Security' tab where you can set file security. Take
ownership of the file and make sure you're the only one
who has write access to it - then tell the sales people
they'll need to save the file with a different name to
get it to synchronize properly. Then, they can have
their copies without overwriting yours.

Hope this helps -

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a network directory that contains files such as
sales reports,
>all the salespeople synchronize this directory when they
log on and
>off the network, to insure they have the most up-to-date
information.
>However, if a salesman changes an offline file on his
laptop while he
>is offline and then logs back onto the network, I get
HIS version in
>my network directory instead of the version I want. I
want to be able
>to protect my shared network files so they can't be
overwritten, but
>this can happen even if the files are password
protected. On the other
>hand, I do want the guys to be able to update their own
files in other
>directories and then synchronize them onto the network
if they want
>to. Seems like this should be a no-brainer but I can't
figure it out.
>Can anyone help me? TIA.
>.
>

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