Re: "Access Denied" Problem

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 06/01/05

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    Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 19:02:21 -0500

    Try taking ownership first as administrator. When you do such be sure to
    select the option to "replace owner on subcontainer and objects". I also
    like the free tool fileacl that can change permissions if you are an
    administrator even if you are not the owner with the /force switch. If EFS
    encryption is involved and something happened to the user's EFS private key
    you may not be able to restore access to the files unless you restore his
    private key from a backup of a .pfx file or use the Recovery Agent. The
    command cipher will show if files are encrypted. I hope the users all have
    separate user accounts as sharing a user account is not a security best
    practice.--- Steve

    http://www.gbordier.com/gbtools/fileacl.htm --- fileacl

    "Alan Chwick" <Alan.Chwick@TCMIntegratedSyetms.com> wrote in message
    news:uaUw$OjZFHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    >I am the Admin of a small network. On one of our machines, which is shared
    >by 3-Users, one of them has lost their rights to their "My Documents." I,
    >as the Admin, also, can not access this directory.
    >
    > I tried logging in as the Administrator and tried executing XCACLS with
    > the following options:
    > XCACLS "My Documents" /c /g administrator:rcfpoxewd:rcfpoxewd
    >
    > I then rebooted, just to be on the safe side.
    >
    > Logged in as the Admin and still could not access this directory.
    >
    > Any ideas?
    >
    > Alan

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