Finally found what the problem was:
Some files seemed to be flagged as system admin only. Setting these files to include the Users group fixed the problem.
This morning I've gone onto the workstation and it more or less behaves as expected - notepad can save a file, folders can be created, zips can be expanded - none of which worked yesterday.
Heres the complete dump of the security settings for the shared folder (from the security tab)
Admin: All Allow
Everyone: All Allow
Users: All Allow
File sharing permissions: All Allow
Subfolder:
All Allow - but in grey EXCEPT for CREATOR OWNER for which neither allow not deny are set (except...
Hi ShackDaddy,
We're using the Win32 File api and using UNC paths.
The security tab on the server shows the all the permissions set to 'Allow'.
Thanks
Ben
We code a particular small program - the problem is that it works fine - when run on the server on the share. The program runs FINE from a workstation but fails when it accesses a subdirectory.
I can replicate the problem with good old Notepad (IE file access within the share directory is fine...
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