Re: 'Account Unknown' listed in folder security tab

From: Alison Toczko (sandpipers01@yahoo.ca)
Date: 04/09/03 

From: "Alison Toczko" <sandpipers01@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 13:54:03 -0300

Well, I went up the levels of folders, every folder on the drive has it. I
checked the security tab for the drive itself, but the Unknown Account was
not listed at that level. If I burn the contents to a CD, format the HD,
and copy the CD contents back to the drive, will I lose it that way?

"Motherchucker" <charles@NOSPAM.charleswjones.com> wrote in message
news:b71fsm$9hfem$1@ID-187648.news.dfncis.de...
> > It is displaying 'Account Unknown(S-1-5-21-86156........)'. It won't
let
> > me remove it using the 'remove' button, displaying the warning
explaining
> > that this object is inheriting permissions from it parent, and that I
must
> > prevent this object from inheriting permissions.
> >
> > Where could I turn off the option for inheriting permissions?
> >
> >> I'm assuming it's displaying a SID in place of a user name. You can
> >> probably leave it there since the odds are so slim that any other user
> >> will ever be created on your domain with that identical SID. However
if
> >> you want to get rid of it, just remove it like a normal user name.
> >> --
> >> Charles
>
> You'll have to work your way up the hierarchy. For example, if folder3 is
> in folder2 and folder2 is in folder1 and you can't remove "Account
> Unknown(S-1-5-21-86156........)" from folder3 due to inheritance, you'll
> need to try to remove the user from folder2. If the inheritance is
> preventing removal here, continue up the line until you hit the root
(which
> is where I'm guessing you'll need to remove the unknown user from anyway)
> --
> Charles
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