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Windows 2003 server storage permission problem

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by john.jarvis

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I am running windows 2003 storage server. When I try to change data or to save a file under a different name I get the error message "this file is marked read only." or 'you dont have permissions to save/access this file". I noticed that my files/folders are marked read only. When I try to change the permissions to full control the files will revert back to read only.

What is up with this and how can I change the permission so that my users can change and save their data?

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by john

Somehow, in the course of trying to sort out some
inheritance problems, I manage to get a folder whose
entire contents has no permissions for anything. All the
user/group objects are gone. Including System and
Administrator, so I can't put them back. A side effect of
this is that the folder is marked read-only and a change
won't stick. It's because no-one has permission to write
(or read, for that matter.)
I can't seem to find a way out of this pit I've dug.

Gosh. Unix is so simple. I hate windoze.

by robert.anderson

Did you ever find a solution to this?

I am having the same problem. I restored two folders from a backup disk using backup exec. and the permisions are set to read only. It appears to clear the checkbox and reset the permissions, but when you open the folder properties back up... read only again...

by ic-it

rather than hijack a year old zombie thread, please start a new question. When you receive the solution, please mark the answer as helpful so that the next searcher can use the solution.
Thanks

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