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File permissions screwed up Jeremy Harrison 05-16-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?SmVyZW15IEhhcnJpc29u on May 16, 2006, 9:41 am
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Hello all,
I copied a data structure from folder on my server to another, using the
xcopy /t command. Example "xcopy /t c:\data c:\share". Now it seems that
whenever I try to assign permissions to those folders (c:\share), it tells me
"access is denied". I'm trying to assign 3 different user groups access to
the folder. 2 user groups need Full Access, the last group is read-only.

As long as I'm the administrator on the server, I can create a file within
the folder. Once I go to the workstation, no joy. Even if I sign on as
Administrator, I can't create a file on that directory. It's like it killed
all network access to the folder.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Posted by Karl Levinson, mvp on May 16, 2006, 10:28 am
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As you may know, there are both file permissions and share permissions to
contend with, and both have to allow the access.

You may have to take ownership of the folder, via the permissions Advanced
properties section on the folder, before you can then assign permissions to
it.

You might also have to confirm the new folder is shared, and confirm the
share permissions on the share are correct as well.


> Hello all,
> I copied a data structure from folder on my server to another, using the
> xcopy /t command. Example "xcopy /t c:\data c:\share". Now it seems that
> whenever I try to assign permissions to those folders (c:\share), it tells
me
> "access is denied". I'm trying to assign 3 different user groups access to
> the folder. 2 user groups need Full Access, the last group is read-only.
>
> As long as I'm the administrator on the server, I can create a file within
> the folder. Once I go to the workstation, no joy. Even if I sign on as
> Administrator, I can't create a file on that directory. It's like it
killed
> all network access to the folder.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?SmVyZW15IEhhcnJpc29u on May 16, 2006, 10:55 am
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Hi Karl thanks for the reply. That leads me to this question:

If the root folder is shared, does every folder within it need to be shared
for the permissions to work?

If I've got c:\share that is shared as \server\share, with share
permissions set to domain users full control. I then create a subfolder
c:\share\images and assign it to not inherit permissions from the parent. I
then assign security permissions of Administrators Full Control, and then an
Image group Write/Modify/Read control. Anyone in the Image group should be
able to create a file or modify an existing file. But the server keeps saying
that access is denied. I've verified that the permissions on that folder are
set to propogate to all files, folders and sub folders.

What else am I doing wrong?

Again many thanks for your time...

"Karl Levinson, mvp" wrote:

> As you may know, there are both file permissions and share permissions to
> contend with, and both have to allow the access.
>
> You may have to take ownership of the folder, via the permissions Advanced
> properties section on the folder, before you can then assign permissions to
> it.
>
> You might also have to confirm the new folder is shared, and confirm the
> share permissions on the share are correct as well.
>
>
> > Hello all,
> > I copied a data structure from folder on my server to another, using the
> > xcopy /t command. Example "xcopy /t c:\data c:\share". Now it seems that
> > whenever I try to assign permissions to those folders (c:\share), it tells
> me
> > "access is denied". I'm trying to assign 3 different user groups access to
> > the folder. 2 user groups need Full Access, the last group is read-only.
> >
> > As long as I'm the administrator on the server, I can create a file within
> > the folder. Once I go to the workstation, no joy. Even if I sign on as
> > Administrator, I can't create a file on that directory. It's like it
> killed
> > all network access to the folder.
> >
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...
>
>
>

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?SmVyZW15IEhhcnJpc29u on May 16, 2006, 12:08 pm
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I figured it out!
It was the share permission that was not set up correctly. I had it set to
READ only.
Thanks for your input Karl; it let me to really analyze every single aspect
of the files/folders, and do a little more research and I've solved the
problem.

Thank-you very much!

"Jeremy Harrison" wrote:

> Hi Karl thanks for the reply. That leads me to this question:
>
> If the root folder is shared, does every folder within it need to be shared
> for the permissions to work?
>
> If I've got c:\share that is shared as \server\share, with share
> permissions set to domain users full control. I then create a subfolder
> c:\share\images and assign it to not inherit permissions from the parent. I
> then assign security permissions of Administrators Full Control, and then an
> Image group Write/Modify/Read control. Anyone in the Image group should be
> able to create a file or modify an existing file. But the server keeps saying
> that access is denied. I've verified that the permissions on that folder are
> set to propogate to all files, folders and sub folders.
>
> What else am I doing wrong?
>
> Again many thanks for your time...
>
> "Karl Levinson, mvp" wrote:
>
> > As you may know, there are both file permissions and share permissions to
> > contend with, and both have to allow the access.
> >
> > You may have to take ownership of the folder, via the permissions Advanced
> > properties section on the folder, before you can then assign permissions to
> > it.
> >
> > You might also have to confirm the new folder is shared, and confirm the
> > share permissions on the share are correct as well.
> >
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > > I copied a data structure from folder on my server to another, using the
> > > xcopy /t command. Example "xcopy /t c:\data c:\share". Now it seems that
> > > whenever I try to assign permissions to those folders (c:\share), it tells
> > me
> > > "access is denied". I'm trying to assign 3 different user groups access to
> > > the folder. 2 user groups need Full Access, the last group is read-only.
> > >
> > > As long as I'm the administrator on the server, I can create a file within
> > > the folder. Once I go to the workstation, no joy. Even if I sign on as
> > > Administrator, I can't create a file on that directory. It's like it
> > killed
> > > all network access to the folder.
> > >
> > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...
> >
> >
> >

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