Re: XP network file appears with no owner
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:26:25 -0600
In article <4632728d$0$90274$14726298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Elko Tchernev
<etchernevnono@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
In article <46311aa3$0$90275$14726298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Elko Tchernev
<etchernevnono@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Sometimes files I create/edit in a shared folder appear to have no
owner when accessed from other computers on the network. When this
happens, the files can be seen from the other computers, but cannot be
accessed/copied - the message that comes up is "access denied... etc.".
On the original computer, where the files reside, I can see no
difference between them and the other files - everything looks the same
- permissions, owners, attributes, etc. The difference manifests itself
only when accessing them from the network.
Copying the file on the local computer fixes the problem - the copy
can be accessed from the network, the original can't. Thus, it is not a
major problem but is highly annoying. What could be the reason for this,
and how to fix it?
My network is set-up as a workgroup, all computers use simple
file-sharing, some shared folders are read-only others are read-write
(makes no difference to the problem), the network settings are:
File and printer sharing - NWLink IPX/SPX/Netbios
Client for MS networks - NWLink IPX/SPX/Netbios and TCP/IP
NetBios over TCP/IP - enabled
(And no, don't even try to suggest to bind file sharing to TCP/IP - I
will NOT do that, ever).
Thanks for reading, and if you have any suggestions.
Using more than one network protocol can cause problems with file
sharing. I can't imagine why you're so adamant about using IPX/SPX
instead of TCP/IP, but since you are, unbind TCP/IP from both "File
and Printer Sharing" and "Client for Microsoft Networks" on all
computers.
Try un-sharing and re-sharing the troublesome folder.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it and disable all bindings
to TCP/IP. It will take a while to see if it works, because it happens
only rarely, and I'm not sure I know what sequence of actions causes it
- if any.
You're welcome.
I didn't expect that more than one protocol might cause problems -
if that's the case, why did they allow more than one to be bound to a
service to begin with?
It might have had some useful purpose in Windows 95 and earlier
versions. In my experience, it can cause network access problems in
Windows XP.
BTW, Microsoft has dropped support for IPX/SPX in Windows Vista.
TCP/IP is the only available protocol for File and Printer Sharing.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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