Re: deleting users my document folders after disabling redirection

There used to be a question on the old NT FAQ site: I set the permissions
for the "everyone" group to "deny" and now no one can access the files.

That's still my favorite tech question of all time : -)


"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] wrote:
Yes, but once you're the owner, you can remove the deny, right?

Yes, most likely. I suppose it would depend upon what the deny was (take
ownership, change permissions...) and whether it was just the admin or the
group.

Worth a little lab trial.



"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] wrote:
I would speculate that this would just make it a little harder for
admins to browse peoples' private folders. It's also possible that
changing ownership is a right that could be taken away from certain
admins to completely prevent them from viewing those files - not
sure about that one.

I've not tried it, but if a deny 'administrator' or
'domain\administrators' was placed on the directory\files, then
ownership should have not been helpfull as the deny would override
ownership. Interesting. bad idea, but interesting.



"Dan Shallbetter" <DanShallbetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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Dave,

Logging in as administrator and following your directions I still
received access denied. I added everyone with full permissions and
was able to finish
the task. Why would my system admin account be restricted?

Thanks,

Dan


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Open the properties of the folder and go to the Security tab. Click
Advanced and go to the Owner tab. Replace the current
owner (the ex-user)
with Administrator or another domain admin account, checking the
box to apply the change to subfolders etc. Apply the change, and
you'll be able to
delete the folder (and change security permissions, or whatever
else you wish).


"Dan Shallbetter" <DanShallbetter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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How do I deleted users my document folders from the server.
Logging in as
server administrator I get access denied. SBS 2003 premium SP2

Thanks,

Dan

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