Re: "account unknown" on acl cannot be removed without blocking inheritence

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:46:23 -0500

I would go through and look at each folder to see if it is a link instead of
a real folder.

This can also get screwed up if someone is playing with ACLs with custom
scripts/apps that don't know how to do things right. 

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"David Grant" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:849701c3e9b7$77bbf700$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> This is happening in a number of folders.  They are all
> normal folders that contain Word documents, spreadsheets,
> etc.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Let me guess that this is somewhere in the SYSVOL folder
> structure? Some of
> >the folders there aren't really directories, they are
> links to other folders
> >somewhere else on the file system.
> >
> >Which folder specifically are you having an issue with?
> >
> >-- 
> >www.joeware.net
> >
> >
> >"David Grant" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:706201c3e6a2$c9dadc80$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have several folders with an "Account Unknown" entry
> on
> >> the ACL that cannot be removed without turning off
> >> inheriting permissions.  However, the parent folder
> does
> >> not contain that ACL entry, indicating to me that
> >> the "Account Unknown" ACL entry is not being inherited.
> >> My questions are:
> >>
> >> 1.  Why do I need to turn off inheritence when clearly
> >> that particular ACL entery is not being inherited?
> >>
> >> 2.  Why do "Account Unknown" entries show up in the
> first
> >> place and how can I easily remove them?
> >>
> >> More info:
> >>
> >> Our domain has never had a trust relationship.  The box
> >> in question is a DC running Windows 2000 Server SP4.
> >> Some of the files and directories may have been copied
> >> from an NT4 DC in the past.
> >
> >
> >.
> >