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Hidden Share in Windows 2003

Hi,
I would like to find out is there any main difference between normal share and hidden share ($)

Recently, I have some users who are unable to access file remotely for hidden share and I couldn't figure out why.

Is there any good website that list out and explain all kind of ntfs permission?

Can anybody explain why?

Thanks.
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Did you check the share permissions and the security pemissions to make sure that they are correct??
They are two different entities but have to work together.
Users must have permission on the share, as well as correct security permissions to get access.
You can use the security\advanced\effective permissions from the shared folder on the server to see what the actual permissions for these users are. You may need to make some adjustments to get them working ok.
Here is a good overview from Microsoft about hidden shares and what shares by default are setup:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314984&sd=tech#XSLTH3151121124120121120120

Also, here is a free video that explains NTFS/share permissions in Windows:
http://www.winstructor.com/videos/server2003/share_ntfs_permissions.htm

Hope that helps.
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Hi,
I have managed to solve the problem but I have alot of permission created here and there.
Beside cacls, is there any other tool that is able to check permission for every shared folder?

Dumpsec is also a great tool for an outline of your share/security permissions for your file structure:

http://www.somarsoft.com/somarsoft_main.htm

Also Accessenum from Sys Internals:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/accessenum.shtml
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Hi all, I will give it a try first.
Thanks...