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by dave.raj

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Hi, I have got a strange problem on one of the folders that I have created on the network. The folder had special permissions where me and another person had full control of this folder whilst the others had only read permission. Now I havent changed anything on the server but all the documents will only come up as read only now. Under the properties of the folder, under the sharing tab the folder is shared and everyone has full control on it. Under the security tab there are two groups, one group has full control and another group just read rights. It has been working fine but until today it stopped doing that. I took out the groups and started again and now it will say the action is denied. Can someone pls help cause it is doing my head in.
Cheers:-)
Dave

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by mrandy

If you can't get into the folder any longer, (that is what I read) log on as the administrator and take ownership of the folder. Then you will be able to change the security settings on the folder. Make sure to propagate the changes to the files.And do make sure that the share and ntfs permissions are in sync like the previous user suggested. The best way is to take all the share permissions out and then check your work. Have fun.
Shalom

Mr. Andy :-)

by admin-stuart

The only other thing I can possibly think of is if this folder is a subfolder of one that had NTFS permissions changed and the checkbox about including files and subfolders in the changes checked.

To lessen future confusion, unless you have good reason otherwise, I'd share at the volume level instead of individual folders, then negate or restrict individual and group permissions at the file and folder level with NTFS permissions. Simplifies things for me.

Good luck.

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