Re: Access Denied and NO OWNER SHOWN on Networked Drive

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"John_B" <spam.blows.and@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:9uGdnZGKNas4GyTfRVn-1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I made the mistake of having Windows XP Home loaded on my new PC. (I knew that I should have gone for the Professional version.)
>Because my new system is the beefiest one with the most hard drive space, I use it as a file server only so much in that it stores
>applications, patches, game mods, updates, and so forth. It's not like it's a file server where everyone in the house writes their
>data to it.
>
> Since I got XP, I'm running into a really goofy situation where I could download a new file or application, such as a virus
> signature file. When I map to my drive from another system, all of the files show the appropriate icon *except* for whatever file
> I just downloaded. Those only get the white box. When I double-click on it, I get an error that access is denied.
>
> What's odd is that this appears to stay that way until I reboot my system, because files that gave me the same problem before are
> now accessible. The only thing that I can think of is that a reboot has taken place. I normally leave my system up and running
> 24/7 to crunch those SETI@Home units. ;)
>
> To further troubleshoot, I activated the "Owner" column in Windows Explorer on both my system and the client. On my system, it of
> course shows me as the user; however, on the client *no owner appears* for new files! For all of the other files, I appear as the
> owner as I should. It's almost as though permission and ownership is not being transferred to the client when a new file is
> created/downloaded.
>
> I tried numerous searches on Google and Microsoft's support web site, but either there is no information or I am not using the
> right key words because I couldn't find anything of value.
>
> I tried setting the whole directory to be writeable (recursively) without any difference. The owner will not appear on the client
> and therefore the file cannot be accessed. Any ideas on what causes this and how to fix this, besides having a separate non-XP
> system to act as a true file server? (And, no, rebooting my system every time I download a file is *not* an appropriate
> resolution.)
>
> Then again ... this could be my excuse to have a Solaris x86 file server with SAMBA. Hmmmm.....


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