Home directories not accessable after creating

[Randall]

Hello



I have a mixed environment of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers in a
single domain. The AD controllers are both Win2k servers and where we
manage the domain.



I setup a new server with Win2003 to act as a file and print server. The
users already existed, so I went to the Profile tab and selected the Connect
radio button under Home Folder, chose a drive letter and entered the path as
\\server\users\%username%, where server is the new Win2003 server. \users\
is shared with full permission for the Administrator, and read permission
for Everyone. The new folders were created.



The users can see the drive letter, and open the folder. But when the try
to copy a file to the folder, they get a error saying, "Access is denied.
The source file may be in use." (which is not the case.) The user cannot
create a folder either. Files can be copied from the folder, but not
deleted.



Security is set so that both the Administrator and the user have full rights
to the folder. Everything looks correct, but the folders are unusable.



Looking for any ideas and suggestions to correct this problem.



Thanks.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hello



I have a mixed environment of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers
in a single domain. The AD controllers are both Win2k servers and
where we manage the domain.



I setup a new server with Win2003 to act as a file and print server.
The users already existed, so I went to the Profile tab and selected
the Connect radio button under Home Folder, chose a drive letter and
entered the path as \\server\users\%username%, where server is the
new Win2003 server. \users\ is shared with full permission for the
Administrator, and read permission for Everyone. The new folders
were created.

You need to change the share permissions so that everyone=full control.
Share permissions of read only will trump NTFS permissions of modify, etc.

 

[Thor_MN]

You need to change the share permissions so that everyone=full control.
Share permissions of read only will trump NTFS permissions of modify,

etc.


Wouldn't that defeat the very purpose of creating individual folders
for each user??? I'm having this same issue as well, only the domain
admins can write to these folders, even though the permissions are set
to full control for each user in their own folder.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Wouldn't that defeat the very purpose of creating individual folders
for each user???

No. The share permissions should be wide open - and the NTFS permissions
should be set as you like. You can grant someone full control in NTFS
security, but if they only have 'read' in share permissions, read is all
they'll get.

I'm having this same issue as well, only the domain

admins can write to these folders, even though the permissions are set
to full control for each user in their own folder.

See above