Re: Shared folders not visible from one PC on network
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 22 Apr 2005 11:19:04 -0500
On 22 Apr 2005 08:56:30 -0700, *email_address_deleted* (Tim David) wrote:
>We have an NT Domain with NT and W2k Servers and XP clients. We
>currently use WINS for name resolution
>We have many shared folders on the servers, our standard way of
>setting the permissions is to allow the required NT groups Full Contol
>at the Share level and then Modify/Read etc at the NT level.
>
>One particular user, a member of the 'HR' NT group, reported that they
>could not access a (non-hidden) share (\\server1\HR) that they needed
>to update. They previously could access it. The error message they
>were receiving was the same as the one you get when you do not have
>Share level permissions to a shared folder.
>
>Checking all the setting revealed that the permissions were set
>correctly, the 'HR' group had Full Control at the Share Level and
>Modify at the NT level. I also checked that there were no Deny
>permissions at a higher level. The share in question is four levels
>down the NT folder structure on the server's drive, there is also a
>hidden share a couple of levels up (\\server1\Resources$) which has
>Everyone Read permissions so if you know how to you can drill down to
>the share in question.
>
>I, as Domain Admin, checked that I could access the share from
>Start>Run on my PC, which I could.
>I then set up a copy of the user's user account, in the same NT groups
>and tested access on a standard build PC, which was OK
>I then logged onto the user's PC with my account and attempted access
>to the \\server1\HR share and got 'network path not found' error.
>Strangely the only share on server1 that I could 'see' from the user's
>PC was \\server1\Resources, however this only showed one of the folder
>it contained. When I say 'see' I mean the list of available shares
>that appear once the \\server part of the path has been type into the
>Run command. This share is supposed to be hidden and thus hould not
>appear, also there are several other shares that should and did not.
>
>All this implies that the problem lies with the PC rather than the
>use's account.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>Tim
Tim,
Can other servers (with shares) be seen / accessed from the problem computer, or
is this the only server of interest to this user?
Did you have the user log in to other computers, and verify that the problem is
not at least partially related to his (her) account? Did you have another USER
(of same group membership) login to the problem computer?
Did you compare "ipconfig /all" between the problem computer, and 2 or 3 others?
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser, compare the problem computer with 2 or 3 others.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
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