File Name, Permissions Lost During Save As on Net Drive
ID: Q100791
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft LAN Manager, versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.1a, 2.2
SUMMARY
If you use Save As to back up an existing file with limited permissions
on a network drive, the file can become lost or its special permissions
can be changed. This is a result of system operating characteristics and
of how some applications save files.
To save a file, some applications (such as Excel and Word) read its
contents to a .TMP file, delete the original file, then rename the .TMP
file with the original filename. This method ensures that the old version
is retained until the update is successful. One consequence of it, however,
is that the temporary file (and any new file created from it) inherits
the permissions defined for the directory, NOT special permissions defined
for the original file.
If the Create permission has not been set for the directory, the
application cannot create the temporary file; if the Delete permission has
not been set for the directory, the application cannot rename the temporary
file because it cannot delete the original file. If this happens, the
directory lists the .TMP version and the original version, which is NOT
updated.
To avoid these problems, do not define special permissions for files that
will be updated using these applications, or define Create and Delete
permissions for the directory so that the update can be completed.
Additional query words:
2.00 2.0 2.10 2.1 2.10a 2.1a 2.20 2.2
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Version : :2.0,2.1,2.1a,2.2
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