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by allan_oh

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We have a person that had the only full access to a folder, when this person left, he deleted his a/c and now when we try to access the folders, some says "account unknown" and some just gives us "access is denied" when trying to get into the permissions tab of the folder.

How can the domain admins reset and access these folders and apply new permissions? The ones that shows "account unknown" we are able to just add new users but those other folders that give us "access is denied" - how canwe reset this if we can't even get to the permissions page?

Thanks.

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by ian mclaws

A domain admin can correct this situation by selecting the root folder of the tree, bringing up the security tab, and taking ownership of the folder. This gives him the right to add himself to the permissions page on the folder, which in turn gives him the right to remove the "denied". If the "apply to sub folders" is checked, this may go down through the rest of the tree and correct all, but you may have to repeat the steps above a few times along the way.

Good luck,

Ian

by allan_oh

Did that already and once in a while I get a "access is denied would you like to continue".. basically I go thru the whole thing and the folders that caused the "access is denied" error message also gave the same error message if I try to access thepermission's section of the specific folder's security properties. Hence these handful of folders are still inaccessible.

by ian mclaws

Think you missed the important part...taking ownership. It is impossible to reset the permissions that specify no access without first taking ownership of the folders and files. And, a domain admin cannot be denied access from taking ownership. You should not even try to look at the permissions before you (the domain admin) have ownership. You'll just get an access denied, as you say.

Ian

by shanghai sam

Ian, sorry about that.. that IS the most important part! And more importantly it worked!

Thanks for your help.

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