Administrator denied access to a directory? 2

[cpjust]

Hi,
I always thought Administrators had access to do anything on Windows, but while logged on to a server as an administrative user, I noticed there were some directories that told me I didn't have access to view it. I tried going to the directory's Security tab to see what the permissions were and it said I don't have access to view the Security tab.

What could be causing this? Could the NTFS permissions have gotten corrupted some how?

I even tried giving the admin UserID full access to the root of the drive (which should have propagated down to all sub-directories since it took about 5-10 mins to apply).

 

[itsp1965]

Anybody who has full control access to a folder (including users) can have the administrator or administrators group removed from the ACL of a folder. What you need to do is take ownership of the folder and then limit users rights to modify (maximum) and administrators should only have full control
Hope this helps.

 

[cpjust]

Thanks. Would having no access to the directory mess up the size count when I right-click -> Properties on the folder?

 

[itsp1965]

That should have no baring on rights, you should be able to get the size.

 

[kmcferrin]

And while we're at it, giving yourself full control of the root of the drive and letting it propogate down will only work if whoever changed the permissions didn't uncheck the box to inherit permissions from the parent directory somewhere along the line.