>Hi
>
>I'am facing the following situation:
> - a Novell server used as a file-sharing server where all the DBF's are located
> - over 80 workstations that must have full access to the DBFs (almost all of the workstations are running WinXP Professional)
>
>At the moment every workstation has full access on those DBFs which are mounted (mapped) as a drive on each computer (G:); so, practically anyone can go to the drive G: and do whatever he wants with all the DBFs (delete, modify with other programs).
>I was thinking on using the "Run as" option and setting up my application to run as a different user (a user that has full access on the drive G:) than the one that is currently used to logg into Windows and will not have access on the drive G:.
>Isn't there any solution in adding some security (from the Windows' point of view) on the G: drive?

"Run As" should work as long as it's supported by a Novell server on the back end. You would have to make sure that the users can't get the credentials for the "special" account.

If it was a Windows server you could create a COM component on the server and get your workstations to send requests to that, rather than access the files directly.

Another general approach you could take would be to set up a Windows Terminal Services or Citrix server, and have your app running as sessions on that box. Only the Citrix server would need access to the files.