Access Denied -- Profile folders

27 May 2005 9:01 PM

Frank

Hi All,

I've was attempting to setup Roaming profiles. I created a Profiles$ folder
on a file server in the domain. In the user account, I put the path
\\server\profiles\%username%. One problem. I put %username$ (with a dollar
sign accidentally). This created a folder by that name. I corrected it and it
created the correct username folder.

I wanted to delete everything and start over, but I cannot delete the
profiles$ folder or the two subfolders. I get access denied. This occurs
whether I'm logged in as administrator of the server or administrator of the
domain.

I've not yet tried rebooting the server. Any other thoughts or experiences
with this?

Thanks for your help

27 May 2005 9:49 PM

dln

Log in as an administrator and try taking ownership of the files and/or
directories. You can do this by going to the properties of the folder,
selecting the Security tab, clicking Advanced, click the Owner tab and check
the "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" option. Click on OK twice
(to close out of the properties dialog) and then bring up the properties of
the affected folders again (the ownership on the affected files and folders
won't take effect until you close out the properties sheet and re-open it).
You should now be able to give yourself full access to the entire directory
and its children. Once you have full access, you should be able to delete
the folder.

HTH,

dln.

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"Frank" <Fr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B592F85-5C1C-435F-A5CC-FBC5D6BD2A6B@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I've was attempting to setup Roaming profiles. I created a Profiles$
> folder
> on a file server in the domain. In the user account, I put the path
> \\server\profiles\%username%. One problem. I put %username$ (with a
> dollar
> sign accidentally). This created a folder by that name. I corrected it and
> it
> created the correct username folder.
>
> I wanted to delete everything and start over, but I cannot delete the
> profiles$ folder or the two subfolders. I get access denied. This occurs
> whether I'm logged in as administrator of the server or administrator of
> the
> domain.
>
> I've not yet tried rebooting the server. Any other thoughts or experiences
> with this?
>
> Thanks for your help

28 May 2005 1:32 AM

Frank

Thanks very much. That worked. I actually looked at that same screen, but
didn't read it properly. It showed me the administrator accounts for the
server and for the domain. I read that as both of them already having rights
and not that I should choose one to take ownership.

Once I did that, I was in. Now I just have to figure out what I did wrong
regarding the profiles. That could have been the rights also.

Frank

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"Frank" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've was attempting to setup Roaming profiles. I created a Profiles$ folder
> on a file server in the domain. In the user account, I put the path
> \\server\profiles\%username%. One problem. I put %username$ (with a dollar
> sign accidentally). This created a folder by that name. I corrected it and it
> created the correct username folder.
>
> I wanted to delete everything and start over, but I cannot delete the
> profiles$ folder or the two subfolders. I get access denied. This occurs
> whether I'm logged in as administrator of the server or administrator of the
> domain.
>
> I've not yet tried rebooting the server. Any other thoughts or experiences
> with this?
>
> Thanks for your help