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Disabling 'admin' access to shared folders - is it possible?
Is it possible to disable access to shared folders for admin account?
Now, every shared folder and files stored in it can be not only managed, but also viewed/modified etc by admin from the Administarion panel, as well as FTP. I did not find the possiblity to disable access for admin for any folder using Administration panel (every shared folder has automatically ticked admin as read/write access with no possibility to turning it off). Maybe using SSH,' root' access or something. Did anyone tried to do it?
OS 6.6.0
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Perhaps it is possible, but not suggested, as many services rely on the admin user having access to files/folders.
The admin account should mainly be used by one person or one collection of people. Accounts would typically be created for users who should not have admin rights.
What's your concern?
Of course, I understand that admin account is for one person or for a small bunch of people, but I'm just wondering if the possiblity to see actual data is really necessary for administration purposes. You know, people stored different kind of data on their home folders and I dont want to accidently see them.
So, the problem I ased is more academic then a real life issue :). I just wanted to now it just in case.
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