Security tab missing and many fixes tried

[Guest]

On a Win2ksp4 server I have a directory with one file which I am unable to do
anything with (move, delete, permission.) The security tab and most
information is missing from the properties of the file, but I can at least
view the directory and file. Fixes I've tried thus far:

- Take ownership of the directory above and propogate down through the gui.
Didn't work as either a local or domain admin
- Ran CHKDSK, no problems found
- Ran some reg hack to make sure the security tab dll was set to come up
- Restart server
- Login as the user who created the file and change perms (security tab
still missing)
- run various ACL utilities as local admin to reset perms...all fail.

I really need to fix this issue so that the folder redirection service can
finish transferring files to a new server, it obviously stumbles on this
directory every time it attempts to sync. Also, I hate working on something
and not finding a fix.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Mark V]

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wrote:

On a Win2ksp4 server I have a directory with one file which I am
unable to do anything with (move, delete, permission.) The
security tab and most information is missing from the properties
of the file, but I can at least view the directory and file.
Fixes I've tried thus far:

- Take ownership of the directory above and propogate down
through the gui. Didn't work as either a local or domain admin
- Ran CHKDSK, no problems found
- Ran some reg hack to make sure the security tab dll was set to
come up - Restart server
- Login as the user who created the file and change perms
(security tab still missing)
- run various ACL utilities as local admin to reset perms...all
fail.

Did you try deleting it from the Recovery Console?
Or a Linux RW NTFS distribution?

 

[Marc Kupper]

On a Win2ksp4 server I have a directory with one file which I am unable to do
anything with (move, delete, permission.) The security tab and most
information is missing from the properties of the file, but I can at least
view the directory and file. Fixes I've tried thus far:

Can you rename or move the file from either Explorer or a CMD prompt?
If you can't, then what's the error?

Marc

 

[Guest]

You have macs connecting to this server, don't you? It's all to do with
certain characters MacOS is happy with but Windows does not like. Files and
directories get created, nothing may appear wrong with it at all, but as soon
as you go to delete, change permissions etc with these directories and files
(other than use them), you get failures.

The only way I was able to remove them was with the rmdir command from a dos
prompt. Copy the contents of the directories elsewhere. If it's a file,
open it up with the program that created it and use "save as" to save it
elsewhere with a windows-acceptable name (a rename won't work).

 

[Guest]

Did you try deleting it from the Recovery Console?
Or a Linux RW NTFS distribution?

Tried from Recovery Console, it wouldn't even change to the directory (only
the top level above it.) Deleting it didn't work either.

 

[Guest]

You have macs connecting to this server, don't you? It's all to do with
certain characters MacOS is happy with but Windows does not like. Files and
directories get created, nothing may appear wrong with it at all, but as soon
as you go to delete, change permissions etc with these directories and files
(other than use them), you get failures.

The only way I was able to remove them was with the rmdir command from a dos
prompt. Copy the contents of the directories elsewhere. If it's a file,
open it up with the program that created it and use "save as" to save it
elsewhere with a windows-acceptable name (a rename won't work).

I wish it was that easy, but no, obviously command prompt doesn't work.
Recovery Console doesn't work. I have Mac users, but not on this server. I'm
accustomed to the headaches they create unfortunately, but it isn't relevant
in this scenario.

 

[Guest]

Can you rename or move the file from either Explorer or a CMD prompt?
If you can't, then what's the error?

Did you LOOK at the list of stuff I've tried? Of course I've tried every
possible combination of move/delete/rename from every possible source on this
directory. The error is 'access denied', again, more than likely becuase the
Security Tab isn't even an option when viewing the properties of this
directory and file.

 

[Marc Kupper]

Did you LOOK at the list of stuff I've tried? Of course I've tried every
possible combination of move/delete/rename from every possible source on this
directory. The error is 'access denied', again, more than likely becuase the
Security Tab isn't even an option when viewing the properties of this
directory and file.

Relax - I had read your message but it was not 100% clear if you had
tried a
plain old command line delete. From Explorer I assume you have a
General
tab but you get access-denied when you try to toggle things like
Read-Only
and then hit Apply?

Is there a Summary tab? I'm confused by "most information is missing
from
the properties of the file." What is missing?

Do other files in this directory have a security tab?

Marc