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My backup program cannot gain access to redirected folders and profile subfolders to backup the data during routine.
When I run the back up routine using Cobian backup, the User Profile data and Redirected Folders data does not make it to the back up drive. It seems like my backup program cannot gain access to redirected folders and profile subfolders to backup the data during routine. All I get is the folders get created but they are empty (Specifically the Redirected Folder %username%\My Documents).
When I try to access those folders from the server "Administrator" account, I cannot. When I set up Folder Redirection, I allowed Windows to populate the permissions for the redirection as Microsoft's website said that was best practices.
When the backup program "Cobian" runs I have given it the ability to use the .administrator + password to have unadulterated access.
It seems to me that if the Administrator account can access those Redirected Folders then the backup program will be able to as well.
Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.
When I try to access those folders from the server "Administrator" account, I cannot. When I set up Folder Redirection, I allowed Windows to populate the permissions for the redirection as Microsoft's website said that was best practices.
When the backup program "Cobian" runs I have given it the ability to use the .administrator + password to have unadulterated access.
It seems to me that if the Administrator account can access those Redirected Folders then the backup program will be able to as well.
Any thoughts? Thank you in advance.
Make sure the the SYSTEM account or whatever account that you run your backups as has access to the folders in question. Remember it is possible to strip the rights from the administrator account. The administrator account has the ability to add the rights back but it will not do this automatically(for security reasons).
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For the folders C:\Users\roda\(MyDocuments
Under the Security Tab is "Administrators/Full", "Administrator/Full", "Creator Owner/Special", "%username%/Full+Owner", "SYSTEM/Full"
I added "Administrator" to attempt to give access to the Administrator account and hopefully the backup program as well.
Under the Security Tab is "Administrators/Full", "Administrator/Full", "Creator Owner/Special", "%username%/Full+Owner", "SYSTEM/Full"
I added "Administrator" to attempt to give access to the Administrator account and hopefully the backup program as well.
Let me know if that works for you. If not then I would suggest running filemon http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx to see what user is trying to access the folders and failing and give that user access.
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I ran FileMon. When I try to access the User Profile redirected \My Documents or \Application Data or \Desktop I get "Access Denied" listed in the "Result" column and under the "Other" column I get "%Domainname%\administrato
I tried to "Replace inheritable permissions to all child objects...." check box under the Security Tab > Advanced Settings. This still gave me an "access denied" message when trying to access those folders under the Administrator account.
Note**
There are a couple of Redirected Folders that do allow me to see them. Initially when I set up Folder Redirection I had some incorrect redirect settings. Once I got it done proper and allowed Windows to create and set permissions to the redirected folders things worked well finally. Of course, that was initially and my "Access Denied" issue still persists for all the other profiles.
I tried to "Replace inheritable permissions to all child objects...." check box under the Security Tab > Advanced Settings. This still gave me an "access denied" message when trying to access those folders under the Administrator account.
Note**
There are a couple of Redirected Folders that do allow me to see them. Initially when I set up Folder Redirection I had some incorrect redirect settings. Once I got it done proper and allowed Windows to create and set permissions to the redirected folders things worked well finally. Of course, that was initially and my "Access Denied" issue still persists for all the other profiles.
You need to go to advanced under security and then choose the owner tab and take owner ship of those folders as the administrator then you will be able to set the permissions.
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Ok. In doing that, which had crossed my mind, I am afraid that I would alter the permissions that Windows had set when I set up the Folder Redirection. In taking ownership, will the users and Windows still have all the same functionality and read/write access to those folders?
Thanks man
Thanks man
It will depend. There is a chance that in order for you take permissions it will erase all of the current permissions. Unfortunately the only way to fix this is to write down all the current permissions and reapply them manually after you take ownership.
Does anyone have a real solution for this prolem??
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