can't get xp to allow remote deletion of files

[weckev]

I have a 2000 server domain. We have a custom application that will not run on a NOS. The company who built it said it is meant to be run on XP. (Odd, considering it is a server application.) The point is that I had to use XP as sort of a member server, or workstation with shares if you prefer to call it that.

The problem is:
I have set up sharing and security to allow full control over all files (replacing permissions on all child objects) to all authenticated users. I still can't delete a file in the shared folder via my workstation once I have browsed to it through "My Network Places".

 

[bcastner]

General cases:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

Your specific case: The Shared Document folder was intended for local logon and not really remote users. Remote users only have Level 3 access to files in the Shared Document folder at the root level. You can create subfolders, create shares for these subfolders, and assign full permissions: " If you create a folder in the Shared Documents folder (Level 3), share it on the network, and then permit network users to change your files (Level 5), the permissions for Level 5 are effective for the folder, the files in that folder, and the child folders. The other files and folders in the Shared Documents folder remain configured at Level 3."

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

The easier path is to create a new folder but not in Shared Documents, and share it with full permissions for remote users. This allows the permissions to cascade to any new folders created.