Re: URGENT permissions horror! URGENT

From: Allen (Allen_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:39:05 -0800

Sorry for taking so long to respond. It was a very hectic time. The machine
would not boot. I tried getting in by recovery console with no success.
Tried the parallel install method (thanks Steven) but permissions were so
mucked up it would have taken days to fix them all. Ended up having to
redeploy the server - fortunately no data affected. It took about 8 hours.

Thanks for your help. I learned a lot through this - never mess with
permissions unless you are 100%, totally, absolutely sure of what you are
doing.

"Roger Abell" wrote:

> What can you do? I realize you said you cannot login, but . . .
> The machine boots? Can you map c$ from another machine?
>
> --
> Roger Abell
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)
> MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
> "Allen" <Allen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:15683E02-DC70-4FDB-A24F-3375D06D4014@microsoft.com...
> > I have made a very big mistake. Accidentally reset permissions on the
> root
> > c: drive and now noone can login to the server, not even administrator.
> >
> > I need help urgently. Can anyone help me to get back in?
>
>
>

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