Re: files access denied
From: namsilat (talismana_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/04
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Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:32:24 GMT
Under foler option, I could not even find the option "enable simple
file sharing". Is there a way to prevent files from being "trapped"
into "access denied", or is it an issue I have live with under NTFS?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:32:42 -0800, "Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows
Shell/User\)" <user@#notme.com> wrote:
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>This sounds like a file ownership issue related to NTFS. Note, file
>ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How you resolve
>it depends upon which version of XP you are running.
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>XP-Home
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>Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File
>Sharing" at system level.
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>However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
>hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
>options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's
>password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
>machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
>password during setup.
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>If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
>enter.
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>Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
>the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it
>and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change,
>move on to the next step.
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>Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
>tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged
>on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
>ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of
>the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in
>the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
>"Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.
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>Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when
>you log back on as that user.
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>XP-Pro
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>If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
>administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder
>Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not
>selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.
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>If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
>right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
>Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
>select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
>should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
>place a check in the box and click apply and ok.
>
>The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the
>folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again,
>right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
>sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
>user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
>permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply
>and ok.
>
>That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even
>in a limited account.
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