Security Descriptor structure is invalid

D

David

I'm getting a Event ID Status of 1338. Folder redirection
is not working anymore.

I can't find a lot of information on this error message.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
 
D

David Everett [MSFT]

By default if there does not exist a folder to store the user's My Documents
contents on the server. When it is created the user has ownership and the
user and System are granted full control permissions. These permissions
then flow to any subfolders created on the server via inheritance. If the
user is not the owner of the folders or System does not have full control
permissions then the errors are generated.

There are two possible solutions for this:

1. Grant the user ownership and full permissions to the folder on the server
that is storing their My Documents contents and any subfolders of that
folder.

-OR- (a much better solution)

2. Grant the System account full control to the folder on the server that is
storing their My Documents contents and any subfolders of that folder.

To grant System full control to the folder and subfolders you can use the
following commands with subinacl.exe from the resource kit.

subinacl /subdirectories x:\<path>\username\ /grant=system
subinacl /subdirectories x:\<path>\username\* /grant=system

If you want to assign ownership to the user try the following command:

subinacl /subdirectories x:\<path>\username\ /owner=username
subinacl /subdirectories x:\<path>\username\* /owner=username
 

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