1. Don't give permissions to individuals. Use groups. It's easier to manage.
2. Assign permissions to shares, and give the group permission to the share. When you create a share, make it hidden. How, put a Dollar sign ($) on the end. This way a person without mappings will see nothing. Use Kixtart to map the share:

code:

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$life_virus = 0
select
case ingroup("sales")
   $life_virus = 1
   if @inwin = 2                                                  ;Procedure for Win 95
      use G: \\server-fs1\VOL1"       ;share is not hidden, everyone can see
      use H: "\\server-fs1\common$"
      use U: "\\server-fs1\@userid$"
      if ingroup("server abss users")
         use M: "\\server-fs1\abss$"
      endif
      if ingroup("server super gp")
         use k: "\\server-lax\netlogon"
         use l: "\\server-fs1\VOL3$"
         use j: "\\server-fs1\netlogon"
         use Q: "\\server-fs1\VOL2$"
         use X: "\\server-fs2a\export$"
         if @userid = "madman"
            use W: \\server2\serverdir    ;share not hidden, but only I mapped, only I see
         endif
      endif
      if ingroup("server rcaps")
         use e: /d
         use e: "\\server-fs1\rcaps$"
      endif
      if ingroup("server estdc")
         use j: "\\server_cd_tower\d$"
         use k: "\\server_cd_tower\e$"
      endif
      if ingroup("server cbt")
         use n: "\\server_cd_tower\h$"
         use o: "\\server_cd_tower\i$"
         use p: "\\server_cd_tower\j$"
      endif
   else                                                          ;Procedure for Win NT
      use G: "\\server-fs1\VOL1" /PERSISTENT
      use H: "\\server-fs1\common$" /PERSISTENT
      if ingroup("server abss users")
         use M: "\\server-fs1\abss$" /PERSISTENT
      endif
      if ingroup("server super gp")
         use k: "\\server-lax\netlogon" /PERSISTENT
         use l: "\\server-fs1\VOL3$" /PERSISTENT
         use j: "\\server-fs1\netlogon" /PERSISTENT
         use Q: "\\server-fs1\VOL2$" /PERSISTENT
         use X: "\\server-fs2a\export$" /PERSISTENT
         if @userid = "madman"
            use W: "\\isxdmtweb1\server" /PERSISTENT
         endif
      endif
      if ingroup("server rcaps")
         use e: /d
         use e: "\\server-fs1\rcaps$" /PERSISTENT
      endif
   endif
   if ingroup("server estdc")
      use j: "\\server_cd_tower\d$" /PERSISTENT
      use k: "\\server_cd_tower\e$" /PERSISTENT
   endif
   if ingroup("server cbt")
      use n: "\\server_cd_tower\h$" /PERSISTENT
      use o: "\\server_cd_tower\i$" /PERSISTENT
      use p: "\\server_cd_tower\j$" /PERSISTENT
   endif
endselect

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3. Now that you have made the decision to use assign permissions to groups you can make this job easier by creating templates to automatically add users with appropriate groups. I have 6 templates. Every time you need to create a user you use UserManager and highlight the appropriate template, then press "F8" to bring up a blank template to use for the new user.

Well, that's my two cents

Luck

I did some work on another post that may help you. Check it out:
http://kixtart.org/board/Forum1/HTML/001043.html

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BoxKite
FACTA NON VERBA

[This message has been edited by BoxKite (edited 08 July 2000).]