Can a limited account view comp administrator account files

borntolive SG

lets say a laptop got 2 acc , 1 is a limited acc n another is administrator acc..my qn is can the limited acc view files made by admin acc?

Mr Fugue SG

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borntolive SG

u know laptop can make more that 1 user account rite?

launtpc SG

It is possible, if you use some commands and the limited acc user knows the Administrator account or another Admin’s password.

borntolive SG

how? u mean there is a way where the limited acc can view admin acc n pw?

kc_leung SG

Hmm... I can say for sure that yes, a limited account can view the stuff in the My Documents folder of an admin account on the same machine. I have 2 accounts like what thread starter said and i tried it and it works like that. Surprised

kc_leung SG

So it seems like the only limitation of the limited account is that he cannot install / run some programs, or change some important system control panel settings. Confused

borntolive SG

so is only my documents folder? ..for me the limited acc cant see admin doc folder sying that its restriced

hisoka SG

ii think its dependent on the settings the administrator sets so abit of a non-issue since diff comps will be diff

borntolive SG

how do u set ?

kc_leung SG

Wait... i think i know why the diff... Idea

It depends on what filesystem your hard disk has... NTFS or FAT32. FAT32 is the older filesystem also used for windows 95, 98 and ME, so it has no sense of file / folder security, any user can access any file with the same rights.

NTFS is the windows NT/ 2000 filesystem so it has knowledge of user priviledge. so admin protected file cannot be viewed by user on NTFS drives. Smile

hisoka SG

dunno i know some comps they set until everything also cannot do one but i never try b4 so not sure