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Giving a user the right to read all hard disks via GPO

Tim Kristof 1 Reputation point
2023-09-20T09:45:15.0866667+00:00

Hi all,

is it possible, to give a special User the right, to read all hard disks from a server?

Greets from Hamburg

Tim

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  1. Limitless Technology 44,221 Reputation points
    2023-09-21T13:43:03.16+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for your question and reaching out.

    Go to GPO settings \ User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Explorer. Then double-click Prevent access to drives from My Computer under Settings on the right side.

    Choose Enable, and then from the drop-down menu under Options, you can either restrict just one drive, a group of drives, or all drives.

    If all drives are restricted, they cannot use a flash drive to access a CD or DVD drive or to get files from it.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/group-policy/using-group-policy-objects-hide-specified-drives

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/129425/restrict-users-to-store-data-in-local-drive-deskto

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