LOL-I was just going to chime in about students as we see #2 a LOT. I think it's an edu environment thing. The subst command comes in quite handy in those situations. IME, it does sort of sound like #1 though. Chkdsk /r might even be necessary if the /f doesn't fix it.
-Bonnie From: Jon 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 6:01 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: 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 deleted. In the second case, you'll have to shorten the file name and/or the directory name(s) that lead to it, so that it's closer to (and preferably shorter than) the 254 character limit. This condition is quite rare, in my experience, however - I consider case 1) much more likely. Kurt On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Juned Shaikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > 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 access denied and nothing happens. > > Help please.. > > Thanks, > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
