How do I share files with only certain users I choose?

Creating files and folders that only certain specified users can have access to is not hard. Your Netspace account provides a public folder and a private folder, so that you may store files that either only you can see, or that everyone on the Bucknell network can see. However, you can modify the permission settings for any file or folder, within your public folder, so that only certain users determined by you can access them. To customize the permission settings for a file or folder that you have created in your public folder, follow the steps below.

1. Right-click on the file or folder (inside your public Netspace folder) that you wish to modify the permission settings for, and click Properties.
   
   
2. In the Properties window, click the Security tab.
   
   
3. In the area labeled Group or user names: (Name in Windows 2000), you should see a list of users including some or all of the following: Administrators, CREATOR OWNER, SYSTEM, your name, and Everyone. To limit access to this file or folder, you must first remove permission for everyone to access it. To do this, first click the Advanced button near the bottom of the window.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Advanced Security Settings window, uncheck the option labeled "Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here." (Note: if you are using Windows 2000, the option should read "Allow inheritable permissions from parent to propagate to this object").
   
   
   
   
5. When you uncheck that option, a Security window will pop up--click Copy.
   
   
   
   
6. If you are modifying the permissions for a folder, there will be a second option you can check labeled "Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects". Check this option if you want all the same permissions applied to this folder to be applied to all files and folders within.
   
   
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   
8. Now, in the Properties window, you can click on Everyone and hit the Remove button to completely remove access. At this point, you might also want to remove access from other groups, depending on where the file or folder is located. For example, if the file or folder is somewhere in the Library & IT department folder, you'll probably want to remove access from Library & IT as well as Everyone.
   
   
   
   
9. To give a user permission to access the file or folder, click the Add button right next to Remove in the Properties window.
   
   
10. A window labeled Select Users, Computers, or Groups will appear. In the text box under Enter the object names to select: (in Windows 2000, there will be a text box with the default text "<< Type names separated by semicolons or choose from list >>"), type in the user names of the people you wish to have access to the file or folder, with each name separated by semicolons. Click the OK button when you are ready.
    
    
    
    
11. If a window labeled Multiple Names Found pops up, you'll have to select the user name you want and click OK.
    
    
12. The user names you selected should now appear in the area labeled Group or user names: in the Properties window. You can click on those names and give those users specific permissions by checking the boxes in the Permissions box. For example, you can give a user the permission to Read or Write to the file or folder, or you can even give the user Full Control.
    
    
    
    
13. Click OK to finish.