Cannot Copy Access Is Denied

[Mark Olbert]

I have a domain set up for my Windows network. I also have several shares set up on one of the machines.

I keep running into a problem where I can see the directory in the shares from other machines on the network (where I am logged in
as a different domain user), but whenever I try to copy a file from the share to the computer I'm working on I get this stupid
"Cannot copy <file> Access is denied" error message.

The share's permissions are set to allow any Domain User Full Control over the share. Similarly, the folder permissions for the
shared folder are set to allow any Domain user Full Control over the files in the folder.

So why the !#$^!#@$(@#! heck am I not allowed to copy files out of the share to another computer where I am logged in as a Domain
User?????

Related question: what are the minimum share and folder permissions which will solve this problem?

- Mark

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a domain set up for my Windows network. I also have several shares set up on one of the machines.

I keep running into a problem where I can see the directory in the shares

from other machines on the network (where I am logged in

as a different domain user), but whenever I try to copy a file from the

share to the computer I'm working on I get this stupid

"Cannot copy <file> Access is denied" error message.

The share's permissions are set to allow any Domain User Full Control over

the share. Similarly, the folder permissions for the

shared folder are set to allow any Domain user Full Control over the files in the folder.

So why the !#$^!#@$(@#! heck am I not allowed to copy files out of the

share to another computer where I am logged in as a Domain

User?????

Related question: what are the minimum share and folder permissions which will solve this problem?

- Mark

For starters you should set the share permissions to "Full Access"
for "Everyone". Having restrictive share permissions is unnecessary
in most cases and causes confusion.

You now need to supply more information so that someone can
answer your question. Do this:
- Click Start / cmd / {OK}
- Let's assume that the problem folder is S:\ABC\SomeFolder.
- Navigate to S:\ABC.
- Type these commands:
net user > c:\test.txt {Enter}
cacls SomeFolder >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
notepad c:\test.txt {Enter}

Now paste the contents of this file into your reply.

 

[Guest]

Pegasus is correct in saying that the share permission for the share should
be set to everyone and full access. You then to make sure the NTFS
permissions are set correctly for the users to access the folder. I have
used this method in the past.

 

[Mark Olbert]

The solution ended up being setting the share and file access permissions as described, with the caveat that the file access
permissions need to be propagated down through all the folders and files within the shared folder.

- Mark