Re: Permission Problems

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I'm confused about something.

For one of my existing users to sign onto a workstation which has been in
use by another user, nothing about accounts gets deleted and recreated,
nothing gets renamed. By default all domain user accounts can log on to all
workstations, depending on site they may have issues about being 'local
admin' on the machine.

Is the machine they are logging onto:
A) Either XP Pro or Win2000 Pro ?
B) a member of the domain?

"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am a consultant who has come in to help their admin with this issue.

I did try to delete the account and add a new one. I dont think the
account
is the problem anymore. The 2 folders that can not be accessed are
accessed
by more than just one account and all accounts can not access them. I
also
noted that I logged in as the administrator and still couldnt gain access
to
these 2 folders. I also tried to create a new folder and give access to
the
same accounts . That empty folder has an access denied message too. It
appears that the server has lost its ability to share folders. Any
folders
that are not related to that previous account are still accessable, but
any
new folders created, reguardless of the account ownership, are
inaccessable
even when shared to everyone.

Any Ideas?

"Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)" wrote:

I would simply delete the "renamed" user account
Create a new account for this user as appropriate.

You mention the "Domain Admin" did this
What is your role then?

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"Robert" <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We are running Windows 2003 SBS as a Domain Controller and Exchange
Server.

Pre-problem changes:
Today a new employee took over an old workstation and had the Domain
Admin
change the old username (from the previous user to their own account)
instead
of creating a new one and deleting the old. Shouldn't be a big deal,
but it
has been an admin no-go in the past. Their were a bunch of
permissions
setup on this account and the Domain Admin was trying to save time.

Problem: Since these changes have been made 2 separate accounts can
not
access 2 network shares on the network. When logged in even as
administrator
these 2 folders report Access denied. The only way I can get into
these
folders is if I go directly to the server and open them locally. When
I
check the security settings, the following groups are active for this
share
(Domain Admins, Administrators, Users). I have also given the same
users
Permission to have full control over these folders. Even when I am
logged
into the server locally and Browse my network places these 2 folders
report
access denied.

Every other network share is accessible and I couldn't figure out what
could
cause this. I tried to create a new folder on the server and shared it
allowing the same groups to have access. Same thing Access denied.
Even
though the folder is empty. Now its starting to drive me nuts. So I
ran
windows update and installed any security patches on the server.
Rebooted.
Now one workstation can access these folders and the other one cant.
For
some reason the person who can access this folder is not an admin.
They do
have rights to the folder, but I would still hope that the
administrator
would be able to access everything specified.

One more thing. For some reason when you reboot the computer a few
times it
lets you into these shares. Once you turn it off and back on it
reports
access denied again. The only way we can get back in is rebooting a
couple
of times. Nothing consistent either, sometimes it takes 2 reboots,
sometimes
4. PLEASE HELP. Thanks.

Bob



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