all folders not accessible on shared drive

[Guest]

I have three machines on a network. All of them are running XP Pro SP2. All
machines can see and access computers A & B flawlessly. However, computers A
& B can only access the root directory of computer C. Any file in the root
can be opened, edited and saved without a problem. The problem is trying to
access any subfolder. this is the error that occurs:
"\\Front\C\Peach is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions. Access is denied."

All computers are in the same workgroup. I've tried putting computer C in
it's own workgroup and unsharing then resharing the drives. This is driving
me bonkers. I've also tried many of the suggestions about local policy
settings and such. I'm beginning to think this is an SP2 issue. I've even
tried disabling Windows firewall on computer C. There are no other software
firewalls on any of the machines. All machines are connected to a Lynksys
router which does have a firewall but it isn't affecting the other two
machines.

 

[Chuck]

I have three machines on a network. All of them are running XP Pro SP2. All
machines can see and access computers A & B flawlessly. However, computers A
& B can only access the root directory of computer C. Any file in the root
can be opened, edited and saved without a problem. The problem is trying to
access any subfolder. this is the error that occurs:
"\\Front\C\Peach is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions. Access is denied."

All computers are in the same workgroup. I've tried putting computer C in
it's own workgroup and unsharing then resharing the drives. This is driving
me bonkers. I've also tried many of the suggestions about local policy
settings and such. I'm beginning to think this is an SP2 issue. I've even
tried disabling Windows firewall on computer C. There are no other software
firewalls on any of the machines. All machines are connected to a Lynksys
router which does have a firewall but it isn't affecting the other two
machines.

Are you using Guest, or non-Guest authentication across the network? Have you
tried logging in locally to the computer in question, with the account being
used to access thru the network, and seeing if you can access the folders in
question locally?

From the Properties wizard for the share (C:\) in question, look at Security.
Select advanced, and check "Replace permission entries on all child objects", if
that will not otherwise cause a problem for any preferred security settings.

 

[Guest]

Chuck,

Thanks for the information. Clicking "Replace permission entries on all
child objects" seems to have fixed it. Do you know why it was necessary on
this machine and not the others? One thing I forgot to point out in my
original post is that machines A & B were upgraded to SP2 whereas computer C
was an install of XP with SP2 already on it.

Thanks,
Robert

 

[Chuck]

Chuck,

Thanks for the information. Clicking "Replace permission entries on all
child objects" seems to have fixed it. Do you know why it was necessary on
this machine and not the others? One thing I forgot to point out in my
original post is that machines A & B were upgraded to SP2 whereas computer C
was an install of XP with SP2 already on it.

Thanks,
Robert

Robert,

I would like to know that myself. I didn't suggest it immediately (reply to
your previous post) because I couldn't guess why it would be necessary.

The only thing I do know is that deleting and re creating the share wouldn't
work, because the problem was in the Security (local access) permissions, not
the Sharing (network access) permissions (which doesn't provide this level of
granularity anyway).

But I will for sure note the difference between an SP2 upgrade and a clean
install. Was C installed after a format, or upgraded from another version of
Windows? Are you using Guest, or non-Guest, authentication from A / B to C?
Maybe a clue there.

 

[Guest]

Hi Chuck,

Computer C was installed after a complete ntfs format, not a quick one. I'm
using guest authentication on all machines. No machine has to actually log
on to the other. Again, thanks for your help.

Robert

 

[Chuck]

Hi Chuck,

Computer C was installed after a complete ntfs format, not a quick one. I'm
using guest authentication on all machines. No machine has to actually log
on to the other. Again, thanks for your help.

Robert

Robert,

Thanks for the update. A learning experience for both of us.

 

[Guest]

I got the same issu with my LAN, but I couldn`t find the "PROPERTY WIZARD"
COMMAND/TAB to make the setup. Please, give me more detailed steps of how to
get there.

Thanks.

JM

 

[Chuck]

I got the same issu with my LAN, but I couldn`t find the "PROPERTY WIZARD"
COMMAND/TAB to make the setup. Please, give me more detailed steps of how to
get there.

Thanks.

JM

If you have a problem, you should probably post a new request for help. There's
no detail here, so it's not likely too many folks will be able to figure your
problem out.