Method and system for providing restricted access to a storage medium
US8234477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2141
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of restricting file access is disclosed wherein a set of file write access commands are determined from data stored within a storage medium. The set of file write access commands are for the entire storage medium. Any matching file write access command provided to the file system for that storage medium results in an error message. Other file write access commands are, however, passed onto a device driver for the storage medium and are implemented. In this way commands such as file delete and file overwrite can be disabled for an entire storage medium.
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