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September 23rd, 2008 15:00

Permissions in Windows 2003 Server

I have a question.  I have in Server 2003 some network shares set up for users.  I had another server that was Windows NT 4 server that I copied some folders from the NT4 server over to the 2003 Server shared folder that was already shared to users and being used.  However, the new folders that I copied from the NT4 server under the main folder that was shared on the 2003 server and the files under those folders cannot be deleted by a user that has change permissions.  He can modify the files and save them and he can create new files.  When he tries to delete the files that were copied from the NT server, he cannot delete them.  IF he creates new files under those folders that were copied over, he can delete those files.  I don't understand how he can change a file but cannot delete that same file.  Any one know what may be wrong?
  • Metalman64

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    Posted September 23rd, 2008 18:00

    Thanks for your reply.  The upper level shared folder was already there and with permisions on it.  All I done was copy more folders with files under those folders from an NT 4 Server over to this shared folder on the 2003 Server.  I didn't have to change any permissions because they were already set.  I have change and read permissions the users that access the shared folder and subfolders.  Any files and folders that were copied form the NT 4 Server cannot be deleted by the users accessing them.  They can modify and save them with no problem, just cannot delete them from Windows Explorer, however, any new files created into these folders can be deleted with no problem.

  • Larry R

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    Posted September 23rd, 2008 18:00

    Thats because new files/directories have all of the correct permissions set (as expected since they were created in place).  The fact the moved items are not deletable means there is some kind of a problem with the permissions as currently set.

     

    If you go to the top level directory and make a change to the permissions and have it cascade down through all the subdirectories, then go through and change the permissions back (if you changed them away from what they should have been) then it should fix the problem.  I've run into this before on a Win2K server that had files moved to it from both another 2K system and an NT4 system, and doing the cascading/recursive permission changes (telling it to change/set the permissions on all subdirectories and files) fixed the problem at the time.

     

    The other option was to go in and individually reset the permissions on each file and directory.

  • Larry R

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    Posted September 23rd, 2008 18:00

    I don't think the permissions took for the individual files.  Try going in and changing the permissions and checking the box that says to recursively change the permissions on all child files/folders (I don't remember how it is phrased, unfortunately).