Users unable to copy certain files

[maya14]

I have one site whose users cannot copy files from the Win 2003 DC all of the sudden. They all get error message "Cannot copy file name *****: Access denied"
Server shares are Everyone FC. I have even disabled Symantec EP on server and clients but still no luck. It seems not any folder that contains Thumbs.db or *.rtf files causes file copy to fail.

 

[Lemon13]

and the ntfs permissions?
share rights and ntfs permissions are cumulative with the most restricted beeing used.

 

[maya14]

Everything is set to Everyone = FC. Even if i add a specific user and make it FC it doesn't work.
"Cannot copy Thumbs: Access is denied"
I have disabled caching of thumbnails on some workstations and still no luck.
Check GPO for this setting but its not configured.

 

[maya14]

Does anyone know how to fix this as i have google this extensively but with no results.

 

[acl03]

Have you checked the owner of the file. It's in the Advanced section of the security tab.

Try taking ownership and see if that helps.



Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!

 

[alfa2008]

Have you checked the length of files/folders starting from root to the files trying to copy. Create a file in any folder in the root, and try to copy.

 

[maya14]

Domain administrator have ownership.It's one particular shared folder that gives that error. The rest of the shared folders on the drive copies fine.
If i create a new folder in the root of this shared folder i can copy it but not the other ones.

 

[TheLad]

I would look into what alpha2008 suggests. If the directory path and filename are too long, you will get an error when trying to copy them.

Do you have long directory names and filenames? If so try shortening them

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[maya14]

What i do see is that if i create a new folder the owner is domain administrator, but the rest of the folders have all different owners. Is this normal that users will have ownership of folders?

 

[alfa2008]

Yes,

Whoever creates a folder, he/she will be the owner.

 

[acl03]

Just take ownership of a file or folder that you can't open, then you should be able to.



Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!

 

[maya14]

I looked at filenames, but all of this has been working fine for months. Even short files names wont copy.
If i take ownership (Domain Administrator) of folders i still cant copy them.

 

[acl03]

What about taking ownership of a single file?



Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!

 

[maya14]

Is "Cannot copy Thumbs: Access is denied" errors caused by incorrect permissions or something else?

 

[maya14]

I have re-applied the permissions on the folders and tried taking ownership but still users cannot copy hidden (temp) files like Thumbs.db and ~$filename.doc files etc.

 

[acl03]

Have you tried rebooting the server?

Thanks,
Andrew

Hard work often pays off over time, but procrastination pays off right now!