File Access Permissions

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How can I allow users to have read and write permissions on an access mdb file but not allow them to download it?

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Put it outside the http root directory. For example, your webserver is set to serve documents from: [incode]/home/jeevesbond/httpdocs[/incode] or [incode]c:\wwwserver\documents\[/incode] (for Windows), just put the Access mdb file in: [incode]/home/jeevesbond/db[/incode] or [incode]c:\wwwserver\[/incode]

Note: I made those paths up, they're just an example as I haven't used IIS for about a year. Smiling

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