Network sharing query

[buzzyzoe]

Hi all,

Sorry if this question is in the wrong place, I couldn't work out where it should go!

I have been asked by my manager at work to find a way to share certain files/folders on a shared server with some users, but not others.

The system as I can best explain it is like this: There are roughly 10 computers in the office, all running either Windows 7 or Windows 8, all of which are connected to the same Wireless network. There is a shared drive, which is just an external hard drive, which can be accessed through the network window when a computer is connected to the wireless network. We use this shared drive to store all business documents, but there are some folders, such as contracts, that need to be accessible only by certain users.

I have tried to do this by looking at the security options for certain folders, but I'm a bit confused about how to do this.

Does anyone have any information on how I can do this?

Many thanks!
Zoe

 

[AntimatterAsh]

If you go to the properties of the file, and go to permissions, add the separate users, and assign them the desired permissions!

Hope this helps. Maybe a mod will move this to Networking/Storage section.

 

[johnb35]

Moved to the correct section.

 

[buzzyzoe]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply and for moving this to the correct thread!

That's the bit I'm having trouble with.

I've attached some screenshots to try and illustrate the problem. LS-WXL7B0 is our shared drive, test is the folder I'm trying to change the permissions for. The first shows the permissions at the moment. The second screenshot shows a list of the networked computers on the left, but when I put in the name of one on the right it comes up as not being recognised. The third screenshot shows the list of options if you use the find now function in advanced, but I'm not too sure what any of these mean.

These are the only options I can find, and I'm not too sure where to go from here.

Thanks,
Zoe