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[Steve Stuart]

I'm very frustrated with Vista today....

Brand new laptop delivered with Vista Business. All the updates are loaded,
and once I got SP1 loaded, it's been stable.

Logged in as a "normal" user, though this user is a local machine admin. I
can read all files in his "home" network drive. If I make a new folder, it
will ONLY let me make the stock "new folder (x)" name. I can't rename any
folders or files, including new ones. I can however delete anything...

I've seen all the tids on taking ownership - tried all that, including the
tip for disabling Offline Files, and reloading the Folder Descriptions reg
keys.

It's like the modify right is being ignored....

To summarize, the Create/Owner, Administrators, and this User have full
rights to this folder. Logged in as admin, I can rename his files/folders.
Logged in as the user, I can create a "new folder", as well as delete, but
not rename (folders or files).

Even tried logging on as admin on the Vista machine, and assigning his
domain account ownership to the folder (replacing) - though it did already
show his account as the owner. Logged in as him, the "audit" tab indicates
he doesn't have rights to see the security settings.

My user "home" directories don't inherit from the parent folder, therefore
if I browse to the "root" of the folder logged in as the user, I get a
message the the "Users" (share) is available but the user account that you
are logged on with was denied access". Could Vista be getting confused
because of this?

This is definitely a problem... Any assistance would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
Steve

 

[Steve Stuart]

That root access was the key. I gave the user "List Folder Contents" access
to the root, and can now modify folders and files.

Went a step further, and gave "Domain Users" list access - still works.

So is this aomething now required with Vista security? Since my user
folders don't inherit, I don't think this is a security risk, or am I missing
something?

Thanks again for any comments.

Steve