All my users have their home directories set to H:\ but that doesn't normally
prevent access to their My Documents on the C: drive. In XP I tend to direct
their My Documents to H: which, again, doesn't shut off access to the profile
on C.
This particular user will have an H: drive just like everyone else but his
access to My Documents on C is denied, and I can't work out why.
Tim
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
Quote:
> I'm not understanding something. A user automatically has permissions to use
> the folders in their profile. How did you end up in this position? If you
> detail the steps of how you got here we may be able to offer a fix. It
> sounds like you have redirected their documents to H: (possibly a network
> location) and now want to change this back to the default location on C:?
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
>
> "Tim Gowen" <TimGowen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:19CCC22A-3EAF-4DFE-9422-B3F25A9CCA04@xxxxxx Quote:
> > OK, so if I want to enable a user access to their documents folder on the
> > local drive, which directory do I need to change rights on? I have
> > already
> > granted rights to c:\users\myuser\ which I thought would be enough.
> >
> > "Kerry Brown" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> "Tim Gowen" <TimGowen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:AD686E35-7881-4431-811F-A8EE55787C28@xxxxxx
> >> >A Vista Business user cannot get access to his My Documents folder on
> >> >the
> >> >C:
> >> > drive. Normally I encourage people to use the H: drive but in this
> >> > case I
> >> > need to allow that user access to C:.
> >> >
> >> > Is this a Vista security feature for domain member systems? Can I get
> >> > around it by giving the user access to his user directory in Documents
> >> > &
> >> > Settings? I tried to do this but changed rights in C:\Users which
> >> > seems
> >> > to
> >> > be a link to the other folder and so the rights didn't work.
> >> >
> >> > I'm fairly new to Vista; we only have one non-Admin using it, hence the
> >> > simple question.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >> There is no "C:\Documents and Settings" folder in Vista. It is a junction
> >> pointing to "C:\Users". You can't access it as it's not a real location.
> >>
> >> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/Security/junctions.aspx
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kerry Brown
> >> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> >> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
> >>
> >>
> >> >