This seems to do the trick (with perhaps a caveat), to find all folders that user “someuser” has access to, in this example on the C drive, using the built-in Windows icacls command: icacls c:\*. /findsid someuser /t /c /l The /t is needed to tell it to recurse directories. The /c is needed to … Read more
Symbolic links have more functionality, while junctions almost seem to be a legacy feature because of their limitations, but the security implications of these limitations are specifically why a junction might be preferred over a symbolic link. Remote targeting makes symbolic links more functional, but also raises their security profile, while junctions are safer because … Read more
I know you have an NTFS FS, and run windows on that FS. I don’t know if you “could” boot a live Linux to work on that driver or not. If you can boot Linux from CD or USB, you can use ntfsprogs. look at – ntfscluster ntfsinfo I believe ntfscluster tell you what file … Read more
In this case, there’s no need to mess with the NTFS permissions. Just create a Share to the top-level directory and add the users or groups to the share with Read-Only (or if you want Write) permission. Even if Everyone has Full Control NTFS permissions on the top-level directory, the most restrictive permission (Share or … Read more
So for this you can harken back to your DOS days (if you had them) and utilize the 8.3 naming convention, which gets around the invalid NTFS security descriptors that aren’t there. Steps to remove the invalid new destination folders: Open a command prompt with admin rights to the root folder where these new folders … Read more
I’ve seen something similar to this. What ended up being the case is that the file was deleted while there were still outstanding locks on it. I couldn’t do a darned thing to it. Clearing the outstanding locks caused the file to fully delete.
Perhaps try ntfsfix (or similar program) in your favourite linux (or knoppix). Usually located in package ‘ntfsprogs’. Sometimes trying to delete from Linux (with ntfs-3g or other ntfs-write-support) helps. Knoppix (Linux-Live-CD/DVD): http://www.knoppix.net/
I had the exact same problem in Server 2008 R2 and this is how I solved it: Right click on the folder you’re trying to restore from shadow copy and chose Previous Versions. Chose a date and click on Open. Right click on any file or folder within the previous folder and chose Properties. On … Read more
By using NTFS-3G Advanced, it appears possible to treat existing junctions/NTFS links as if they were Linux symlinks, but my actual goal of creating new ones that work within Windows is a no-go: Dereferencing junction points and symbolic links created by Windows is thus made possible, so are hard linking, renaming and deleting, but creating … Read more
According to Microsoft: The traditional Windows API limits path names to 260 characters, even for applications developed for the latest version. Applications using the Unicode-aware API can use a form of path that allows up to 32767 characters. The file name has to be prefixed with \\?\, and must be an absolute path, e.g., \\?\c:\dir\file … Read more