Restrict common users from creating a folder in root of system drive
Hello professionals,
hope you can help me with an issue I am struggling with on both Windows Server 2019 and 2022. Common/ordinary users (domain users who are member of Remote Desktop Users group) should not be able to create a folder in root of system drive C:, but members of Administrators group should have those privileges.
Typical solution is to drop Write/Modify for Users in context menu Security, like this:
Unfortunately it doesn’t work. Members of Remote Desktop Users, who are not members of Administrators group, can create and delete folder in C: Following pictures are snipped on Windows Server 2022.
Remote Desktop Users:
Users:
Folder creation/deletion of a user from Remote Desktop User group:
Do you have any idea why NTFS permissions do not work on system drive C:?
Do you have any suggestion how to solve the issue, i.e. prevent non-administrator users from creating their own folders in root of system drive?
Regards
Leos
Hello professionals, hope you can help me with an issue I am struggling with on both Windows Server 2019 and 2022. Common/ordinary users (domain users who are member of Remote Desktop Users group) should not be able to create a folder in root of system drive C:, but members of Administrators group should have those privileges. Typical solution is to drop Write/Modify for Users in context menu Security, like this:Unfortunately it doesn’t work. Members of Remote Desktop Users, who are not members of Administrators group, can create and delete folder in C: Following pictures are snipped on Windows Server 2022. Remote Desktop Users:Users:Folder creation/deletion of a user from Remote Desktop User group:Do you have any idea why NTFS permissions do not work on system drive C:?Do you have any suggestion how to solve the issue, i.e. prevent non-administrator users from creating their own folders in root of system drive? Regards Leos Read More