Re: After changing Share permissions, Even admin is access denied

Sounds like you need to change the owner on the top level that fails to Administrator. Then, make sure the Administrator account has Full control in the NTFS permissions. Apply those changes to the subfolders and files, then re-do what you're trying to do from the root of D. The way I'm reading this, the Administrator account is not the owner of the files/folders that fail, or does not have Full Control (which is required to change the permissions). Administrator does not need to be the owner if that account has full control rights, but you probably need to change the owner in order to give full control to Administrator.

BTW, I agree with Larry - I wouldn't share the root of the drive.


"Richiedj" <Richiedj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:074FBA4E-C489-4522-8EE9-EFC183F91CBF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I tried to set the NTFS permissions for all folders from the top level folder
which is the "d" drive shared as DATA. As soon as I got to the folder I want
the NTFS permissions to be applied to, I get an access denied error on all
word docs and all excel spread sheets. Now what???

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

If you are confident that the ownership and permissions on the top-level
folder are correct, go to the Security tab -> Advanced. Click the box to
apply permissions to child objects -> OK. That will apply the NTFS
permissions of the top-level folder to all the subfolders and files. (It
won't have any affect if the share permissions are wrong. If the
administrator can not access the files when logged in locally, it's NTFS
permissions, not share).


"Richiedj" <Richiedj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6FF0736B-6072-4406-9496-FE243A39D479@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Everything I try seems to fail... It almost seems like the folder is
> locked??
> Make Sense??
>
> "Larry Struckmeyer" wrote:
>
>> Hi Richie:
>>
>> Assuming the "take ownership" procedure was successful, and you may >> want
>> to
>> double check, then:
>>
>> You have a "deny" restriction set somewhere. Share permissions and >> NTFS
>> security settings are distinct, but the more restrictive one will >> apply.
>>
>> Look first at the share permissions, as they are the most
>> straightforward.
>> Set everyone full control.
>>
>> Then look at the settings in NTFS - advanced and set the inheritance
>> settings to not inherit and the "this folder, files and subfolders" >> (from
>> memory) settings to apply to everything in the folder that is shared >> and
>> from there down.
>>
>> -- >> Larry
>>
>>
>> "Richiedj" <Richiedj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F264AC76-7D17-4A4F-94DA-DD00FE2E9D78@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I still cannot even open files as administrator after changing owner
>> >etc...
>> > This happened after changing permissions to restrict user to only >> > three
>> > people in addition to administrator. The comptroller of the company
>> > needs
>> > to
>> > do a financial report and cannot open any of the spread sheets or >> > doc
>> > files.
>> > I, as administrator, cannot open any files directly on the server as
>> > well.
>> > All come up "Access denied". All other folders that are shared are
>> > fine.
>> > This
>> > is SBS 2003 SP2.
>> >
>> > "Jim Behning SBS MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Right click the folder and properties. Maybe an advanced click to >> >> take
>> >> ownership. Then go back and add users on the security tab.
>> >>
>> >> I usually give everyone full control on the share and restrict on >> >> the
>> >> security tab.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:29:04 -0700, Richiedj
>> >> <Richiedj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I changed the share permissions on a folder in Windows Small Bus
>> >> >Server
>> >> >and
>> >> >now not even administrator can access the files. They all come up
>> >> >with
>> >> >access
>> >> >denied. Any ideas why this happened and a fix???
>> >> See what SBS support is working on
>> >> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx
>> >> Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer
>> >> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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