Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-19 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem is, there is a definite limit on file/path specifications with the Win32 API - after 254 characters, things get really wonky ... Yah, I'll second that. I realized after my last post in this thread that the limit is

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-19 Thread Michael B. Smith
://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem is, there is a definite limit on file

Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-19 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Problem is, there is a definite limit on file/path specifications with the Win32 API - after 254 characters, things get really wonky ... Yah, I'll second that. I

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Rankin, James R
Have you tried taking ownership with subinacl.exe? Sometimes I find it is a bit more effective than the GUI way - especially if run locally. -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 March 2008 18:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTFS take ownership

Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Jon Harris
Kurt, have you ever had to deal with teachers and writers? They seem to love very long folder and file names, at least mine do. Jon On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two things that I've run across that cause this: 1) Corrupt file/directory 2) Incredibly

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question Kurt, have you ever had to deal with teachers and writers? They seem to love very long folder and file names, at least mine do. Jon On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6

Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kurt, have you ever had to deal with teachers and writers? They seem to love very long folder and file names, at least mine do. A common cause of that here is the Internet Explorer Favorites system. Since every bookmark is

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Kennedy, Jim
-Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question Windows Explorer also fell apart trying to manage the files, but I was able to work around that by moving

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Michael B. Smith
, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NTFS take ownership question On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL

Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Rubens Almeida
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Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-18 Thread Kurt Buff
I'll match that against salesgeeks and technical writers. Problem is, there is a definite limit on file/path specifications with the Win32 API - after 254 characters, things get really wonky - as in, can't open files, can't delete them, security starts getting funky, etc. The native Windows API

NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-17 Thread Juned Shaikh
Hi, Need help in resolving this issue on our Common/Public drive. A directory is showing as NO permission even for Administrator. the NTFS permission security tab is absolutely blank. Current owner of this shows Unable to display current owner. If I tried to take ownership - it displays

RE: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-17 Thread Edwards, David
Are you connecting remotely to view security or locally. Do you have a backup? Regards, Dave -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTFS take ownership question Hi, Need help

Re: NTFS take ownership question

2008-03-17 Thread Kurt Buff
Two things that I've run across that cause this: 1) Corrupt file/directory 2) Incredibly long (way longer than the usual 254 characters limit) path specification for the file/directory In the first case, a 'chkdsk /f' is needed, and probably a restore of the file after that, because it might be