Did I miss something. I"m getting ready to go cut over to my new windows
2003 server and just realized that I can't write to the shared folders. It
has "read" only checked. I unchecked it and it appears to change change all
files and folders, but when I look at the properties it is checked again????

I have everything on my C drive. IS it because it is on my C drive?

Check the share permissions?

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"Jeff Viola" wrote:
| Did I miss something. I"m getting ready to go cut over to my new windows
| 2003 server and just realized that I can't write to the shared folders.
It
| has "read" only checked. I unchecked it and it appears to change change
all
| files and folders, but when I look at the properties it is checked
again????
|
| I have everything on my C drive. IS it because it is on my C drive?

Hi,

This "read only" attribute is actually on all folders in Windows XP and 2003
but it doesn't mean anything really. Is it a "green" square or a "green"
tick. The square means nothing. The "Tick" means Read Only.

I would check the NTFS permissions and the SHARE Permissions.

Also, by DEFAULT, when you create a Share in Windows 2003 it sets the SHARE
Permissions to Everyone = Read. This is completely different from Windows
2000 Server where the default was Everyone=Full Control. This screwed me up
for months and months until I got into the habit of changing the share
permissions immediately after creating the share. I am still looking for a
way to make Everyone=Full Control as the default Share permissions again. I
use NTFS permissions only to avoid the issues you are having.

Cheers,

Lara

"Jeff Viola" wrote:

Thanks for the quick response. I change full to Everyone and removed System,
Create Owner and add the permission the way I wanted them and now it works.

"lforbes" wrote:

Hi,

That is great. Make sure the Everyone=Full Control is on the SHARE
permissions rather than the NTFS permissions. Your NTFS permissions should be
restricted to access by the groups you want and you should remove "Everyone"
and replace with either Users or Authenticated Users. I always leave the
SYSTEM=Full Control just in case of issues.

Cheers,

Lara

"Jeff Viola" wrote:

Give full rights at the root level with everyone... and then take right away
as you drill into the network...
MS also says due to the security no in 2003 -you should stay away from the
default groups created during install -like "everyone", "domain groups"....
and that you should creat another group that you name yourself and make that
group the new everyone that users belong too...
also -just add user accounts.
Keep an eye on the share -permissions... (make sure you add the main group
with full rights -also)
if you forget -the lesser of the right will take place.

Lee


"lforbes" wrote: