permissions issue on mounted volume...

G

GO

Hello,

I've come across an odd permissions issue with a mounted volume and am
hoping someone can shed some light as to what is going on. I have a
partition created on my computer that I have full control over and I am not
experiencing any permissions issues on it. This partition is accessed using
a drive letter (O:). I have another partition, on another hard drive, and
have mounted it to a folder on the O: drive (both formatted with NTFS and
both have the default permissions applied, ie I have not customized them in
anyway). For some reason I am unable to delete folders on this mounted
volume but files do not seem to be affected. I can move and rename these
folders without any problem (even to a different partition) but when trying
to delete I get an access denied error. I was first thinking that maybe the
folders are in use (locked) but even after a reboot they are undeleteable;
the Administrator account has the same problem. The permissions themselves
look ok but I did notice an oddity: there is an entry for my account and
"CREATOR OWNER" and they both have "special" permissions. Looking under the
advanced permissions they do both have full control though. If I go into
Disk Management and assign a drive letter to this partition I am able to
delete the folder with no problems at all.

What changes to permissions on a mounted volume?


TIA,

Greg
 
D

db

that's a good question but
never had an issue with this.

i provided a link that may be
of some help: http://search.microsoft.com/results...US&q=permissions+on+a+mounted+volume&x=9&y=13

give us an update with
your resolution....


Hello,

I've come across an odd permissions issue with a mounted volume and am
hoping someone can shed some light as to what is going on. I have a
partition created on my computer that I have full control over and I am not
experiencing any permissions issues on it. This partition is accessed using
a drive letter (O:). I have another partition, on another hard drive, and
have mounted it to a folder on the O: drive (both formatted with NTFS and
both have the default permissions applied, ie I have not customized them in
anyway). For some reason I am unable to delete folders on this mounted
volume but files do not seem to be affected. I can move and rename these
folders without any problem (even to a different partition) but when trying
to delete I get an access denied error. I was first thinking that maybe the
folders are in use (locked) but even after a reboot they are undeleteable;
the Administrator account has the same problem. The permissions themselves
look ok but I did notice an oddity: there is an entry for my account and
"CREATOR OWNER" and they both have "special" permissions. Looking under the
advanced permissions they do both have full control though. If I go into
Disk Management and assign a drive letter to this partition I am able to
delete the folder with no problems at all.

What changes to permissions on a mounted volume?


TIA,

Greg
 
G

GO

Thanks for the reply db,

I couldn't find any resolution to the matter on any of the pages returned
from your search results, nor anything I searched for myself. The best
suggestion I have found, which unfortuantely did not help in the matter, was
from one of MS's KB articles. They suggested assigning a drive letter to
the volume, applying desired permissions and then remounting it. This had
no effect, even after completely removing the existing permissions and then
redefine them. From my research so far it appears this is a bug (feature :)
in all flavors of NT but I cannot find a solution yet. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Greg
 
D

db

well, i guess that if i had
the problem, i would move
the files off that drive and
fdisk-it.

but this is only a simplistic
suggestion and if i were
sitting in front of your
pc, i would likely look in other
aspects, instintictively that is.

a precaution i would take is to
move or copy files to a safe place
as fiddling with the stubborn drive
may place your files in jeopardy.

I suppose that they may be
in jeopardy anyways, since
you don't have any control
of the device they are on.

here are a couple of links
that may provide a bit more help:

drive mgr :
http://www.alexnolan.net/

obscure windows commands: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true

detailed system info:
http://www.gtopala.com/

i have used to above on several
occassions for other things.

so maybe these can provide
some clue and pin point the
source of the problem.

Thanks for the reply db,

I couldn't find any resolution to the matter on any of the pages returned
from your search results, nor anything I searched for myself. The best
suggestion I have found, which unfortuantely did not help in the matter, was
from one of MS's KB articles. They suggested assigning a drive letter to
the volume, applying desired permissions and then remounting it. This had
no effect, even after completely removing the existing permissions and then
redefine them. From my research so far it appears this is a bug (feature :)
in all flavors of NT but I cannot find a solution yet. Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Greg
 

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