I have given one user (user x) full control permissions to a shared folder on a network folder, however that user is not able to add or remove permissions for other users to that folder. I have even made them the owner of the folder still makes no difference. I am an admin and can add, remove or change user permissions without any problems, i don’t really want to make user x an admin. The folder is mapped to a drive letter if that makes a difference.
Anyone know what is going wrong, what i need to check to rectify this problem please. The client OS is win 7 pro and the servers are a mix of win server 2008 r2 and server 2012 R2, the network folder is stored on a server 2012 r2.
Thanks in advance guys
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bikerpete
(Bikerpete)
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Did you give him rights on the share and the NTFS level?
psophos
(M Boyle)
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Why is the user being given that responsibility in the first place?
Using groups makes the entire process trivial (which I’m sure you already know).
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The user only needs to be set full permissions on that folder and its subfolders only. Where do i set the rights on the share and NTFS level and will that affect other folders on the share?
On the required folder I have set the user with full control permissions currently
Thanks again for your help and patience
The user is manager and needs to add and remove users permissions so they can control which users has access to the subfolders inthat folder. without having to bother the network admins every so often
bikerpete
(Bikerpete)
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Maybe you should have a look at this tool:
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You set the rights via usergroup,
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then you set your user as Manager in AD for that group and
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install that tool at the “managers” computer.
Now he can add and remove users from that AD group.
Hope it helps …
Are you also giving them permissions to the share? So folderX>Properties>Sharing>Advanced Sharing>Permissions?
I agree with other users. You should really be using a group for this. I am not sure how fast your storage is and how many files are in that share, but as the number of files increase so will the time of it going through all those folders and files to change permissions.
When I worked in the mortgage loan field and a loan officer wanted their assistant to have access to their files, it would take anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on how many files they had. If they had been there 10+ years they had a lot of files.
We quickly learned to make a group and add that since it would be a one time thing and add the assistant to that group. It really helped with the loan officers that weren’t the nicest people in the world and go through lots of assistants.
nope, i don’t have advanced share enabled on folder x as folder x is subfolder within an folder
I resolved the issue, by creating a new advanced shared on the subfolder in question, then creating a new shortcut for the user to access the folder directly which worked. However if the user used the shortcut/mapped drive to the parent folder(s) then navigating down to the subfolder in question they were not able to makes changes to user permissions… strange???. But i got it working in one way, thanks for all your help guys.
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