Limited Acces to Shared Directory

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Michael Dobony

I am using Goodsync to synchronize my desktop My Documents to my laptop My
Documents. The directories are fully shared. 2 of my subdirectories
contain a few files that I am denied access to, not only through Goodsync,
but from Windows Explorer also. I have checked the properties and
permissions and have it fully accessible in the properties window. Any
ideas why a few files would not be fully shared? All are downloaded files.

Mike D.
 
Michael,

Are the files you are getting Error 5: Access Denied on 'read only' by any
chance?

Looking at this from a programming point of view: there is a flag for
overwriting the files without prompting but if the file is read only then
the copy routine may fail getting an unauthorised access error usually
meaning read only. If so, the developer of that application hasn't done
anything to overcome this. This is my initial thought
 
Michael,

Are the files you are getting Error 5: Access Denied on 'read only' by any
chance?

Looking at this from a programming point of view: there is a flag for
overwriting the files without prompting but if the file is read only then
the copy routine may fail getting an unauthorised access error usually
meaning read only. If so, the developer of that application hasn't done
anything to overcome this. This is my initial thought
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Yes, I am getting Error 5 and I also cannot open the files from across the
network. I can find and see the file, but they will not open with the
appropriate program (Word, Excel, etc.) through the network connection. I
can open them on the source computer, but not the remote computer.
 
Yes, I am getting Error 5 and I also cannot open the files from across the
network. I can find and see the file, but they will not open with the
appropriate program (Word, Excel, etc.) through the network connection. I
can open them on the source computer, but not the remote computer.
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They are also NOT read only.
 
Michael said:
They are also NOT read only.
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Things to try:

1- Being that you can access almost all but a few files in the
directory it seems that the directory ACLs are fine, try to propagate
the directory permissions to all the Child Objects. I find this to
often be a quick and effective way of solving stubborn ACL problems!

2- Make sure that other programs or processes do not have open handles
on the files.

John
 
Things to try:

1- Being that you can access almost all but a few files in the
directory it seems that the directory ACLs are fine, try to propagate
the directory permissions to all the Child Objects. I find this to
often be a quick and effective way of solving stubborn ACL problems!
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Already applied.
2- Make sure that other programs or processes do not have open handles
on the files.
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Computer has been restarted at least twice since downloading and running
them. I have not accessed them after that except to attempt to copy from
my laptop to my desktop using my desktop.
 
Computer has been restarted at least twice since downloading and running
them. I have not accessed them after that except to attempt to copy from
my laptop to my desktop using my desktop.
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That doesn't mean that there are no handles on them! You don't have to
actually open the files to have something put a handle on it. You
should still rule out the possibility that one of the processes has a
handle on the file without your knowledge. Get a tool like OH.exe or
Handle, or FileMon, or Process Monitor and see if anything has a handle
on the files.

John
 
That doesn't mean that there are no handles on them! You don't have to
actually open the files to have something put a handle on it. You
should still rule out the possibility that one of the processes has a
handle on the file without your knowledge. Get a tool like OH.exe or
Handle, or FileMon, or Process Monitor and see if anything has a handle
on the files.

John
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Tried them all in addition to Who Lock Me? and nothing is locking these
files. I did, however, do some unrelated maintenance on my computer that
accidentally moved my login account to User and getting it back to
Administrator seems to have solved the problem for now. I will have to
wait and see what happens in the near future.

Mike D.
 
Tried them all in addition to Who Lock Me? and nothing is locking these
files. I did, however, do some unrelated maintenance on my computer that
accidentally moved my login account to User and getting it back to
Administrator seems to have solved the problem for now. I will have to
wait and see what happens in the near future.

Mike D.
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Still locking out new files to My Completed Downloads. I cannot get access
to them and there are no handles on the files and none on the directory.
Any other ideas?
 
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