Hiding folders from Specific Users

Question

I use computers in a shared house, the computers are running Windows 7 and Windows Vista and are connected to a network with Windows Server 2003 as the DC. I want to hide certain folders from other users, and not just using the hidden folder attribute. I know I can limit the permissions on folders to grant / deny users acees but was wondering if there is a way just not to display the folders to certain users so they don't even know they're there. e.g. User A will see the contents of the S drive asFolder1, Folder2, Folder3. User B will see the contents of the S drive as Folder1, Folder2. Perhaps I'm looking at this the wrong way but any advice would be appreciated.

I'm going along the mothod of "What people don't know is there they aren't curious about"

Answer 1

Sounds like you need Access Based Enumeration

Answer 2

Your looking at it the wrong way.

Just make sure you create your folder structure in such a way that users only see the folders they are meant to see when drives are mapped. The NT level security will allow you to remove complete permissions on a folder, but will not hide the folder from being seen, whether mapped or when accessing the server using network neighbourhood.

If people are not meant to see it, then put it in a place they can't get too.

Answer 3

You could create (and share) different directories for each users and create junction and/or hard link to only the sub-directories they could access