Re: Bypass Traverse Checking not working

From: Eric Fitzgerald [MSFT] (ericf@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/28/02 

From: "Eric Fitzgerald [MSFT]" <ericf@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:45:26 -0800

The first situation you describe is the correct behavior for bypass traverse
checking. What are the permissions on the public folder for the user who's
accessing the file? 

--
Eric Fitzgerald
Program Manager, Windows Auditing and Intrusion Detection
Microsoft Corporation

"Bruce Bradbury (remove XXX)" <b.bradburyXXX@unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
news:a7u1pt$erk$1@tomahawk.unsw.edu.au...
> Both server and workstation are using sp6. I've also discovered that you
can
> directly open a file in the lower level directory, but not the folder
> itself. That is, Start/Run \\server\user$\testfolder\public\example.txt
> works, but Start/Run \\server\user$\testfolder\public\ gives an error
> message "This file does not have a program associated with it for
performing
> this action..."
>
> "Eric Fitzgerald [MSFT]" <ericf@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3ca24bef@news.microsoft.com...
> > What service pack are you running on NT4?
> >
> > How are you getting to the directory?
> >
> > I would expect this to fail for directory browsing via Explorer, but it
> > should succeed if you specify the entire path, say from Start\Run.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > --
> > Eric Fitzgerald
> > Program Manager, Windows Auditing and Intrusion Detection
> > Microsoft Corporation
> >
> >
> > "Bruce Bradbury (remove XXX)" <b.bradburyXXX@unsw.edu.au> wrote in
message
> > news:a7oscg$4ca$1@tomahawk.unsw.edu.au...
> > > On our winNT4 server, I have "bypass traverse checking" enabled for
> > everyone
> > > (the default setting). I give everyone read access to a lower-level
> > folder.
> > > The folder above has access only available to administrators. On a
win2k
> > > workstation, I can open the lower level directory with no problems (eg
> by
> > > typing the full path in the run dialog). However, on winNT4
workstations
> > > this does not work (unless I give everyone access to the directories
> > above).
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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