Re: All Permissions removed from folders

Hi Maury,
As administrator you can take ownership of the files/folders. This can be done through the Security tab on the file/folder properties box. Click on advanced then the Owner tab. Select 'administrator' as the owner and click apply/ok. Once you have changed ownership of the files/folders you will be able to set permissions accordingly. If you want to replace the owner on all subfolders/files there is an 'replace owner on all sub folders' option that you can use.

Changing ownership will effect the original owners permissions on the file/folder. You may also want to look out for things like file folder encryption/compression if it is being used. It could be effected by the change in ownership

Hope that helps you

Cheers
Mat

Maury A. Swartz wrote:

One of my customers has managed to remove all permissions and groups from
several folders on his Windows 2000 small Business Server. Is there any way
I can restore the Administrator priviliges to these folders? Are there any
tools that might be of help?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Maury


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