stop users from deleting a file

[Admiral208]

I think I am missing something really obvious here...

 

I am trying to make a file 'read only' in a folder.

 

I have modified the permissions as follows...

- removed inheritance of permissions from parent folder.

- given the staff group read/read & execute only.

 

Am i right in thinking this is enough? when I test it, a staff user can still delete the file.

 

What am I missing?

 

thanks

James

[round2it]

are your staff

members of a administrator group?

[Admiral208]

had to check but, no. They are not.

 

ive even tried explicitly denying the delete permission and I can still delete the file.

[sonofsanta]

Have you gone into Advanced security settings on that file and made sure Delete is unticked? Should be, but it's worth checking.

[round2it]

thats where i would look too

 

its either a permission or a member of a admin/poweruser group

[TheMan100]

Make sure you're applying the permissions to the files inside the folder, and not just the folder.