Network Security Permissions.

[BoomAM]

Hi.
We're having a few, major problems, with some file/folder permissions on our network.
Am i correct in thinking that moving said files to a FAT32 volume will effectivly remove all security permissions?
Allowing me to copy them back and reset everything as i want?

Thanks in advance all. .

 

[fumbles]

errr... Yes, FAT32 does not have any permissions, although permissions for the whole partition can apply (ie in fstab) and theses permissions can be copied to say a ext3 or NTFS volume.
The permissions should all be in the security tab, you can just take ownership of it. Unless your using a Unix-based OS, then its chown, chmod, chgrp.

 

[BoomAM]

errr... Yes, FAT32 does not have any permissions, although permissions for the whole partition can apply (ie in fstab) and theses permissions can be copied to say a ext3 or NTFS volume.
The permissions should all be in the security tab, you can just take ownership of it. Unless your using a Unix-based OS, then its chown, chmod, chgrp.

Thanks.
Unfortunatelly it wasnt as easy as just taking ownership to fix the problem.
Too a few trips to AD to fix.
And managed to back it all up onto my trusty iPod!
All there in the end though! .

 

[quackers]

what was the problem?

 

[BoomAM]

what was the problem?

A shared directory was set to only allow specific users to access. It didnt work. And reverting it to before didnt 'fix' the problem either.
So after several, long hours, of resetting permissions & ownerships on thousends of files, i managed to copy the entire directory to my FAT32 drive (aka iPod ), and then with a few tweaks in Active Directory and the directorys properties, resetup the directory to only allow specific user groups.
Phew! .