Windows Server 2008 Permissions

Log into that server and use these commands

dir /b <Drive>:\<SharedFolder> >c:\folders.txt

and now use

for /f %i in (c:\folders.txt) do cacls <Drive>:\SharedFolder>\%i /T /C /G %i:C "Domain Admins":F

From now, user will have Modify rights to home folder and Domain Admins will have Full Control

Regards,
Krzysztof

This sounds like a $HOME folder.
When you create a new user, or change the $home folder for an existing user this folder will be created automatiscally with the correct permissions.

(active directory user + computers)  --> edit user --> tab profile  
You can select multiple users and use   \\server\Users\%username% to get private folders for all users

I forget to mention.  Share the Users folder for Domain users but don't give them ACL permissions on the d:\Users folder itself.

peter197911: You are correct and this was working correctly at some point in time, something happened and I am trying to fix it.

If you go to the profiles section> Home Folder> it is set to > Connect: Z: to \\app\shares\username

Shares on app is located under the "Users" folder which contains "RedirectedFolders" and "Shares" as seen above.

Only the "RedirectedFolders" and "Shares" are shared under the parent folder "Users"

To make the story clear !
You have a  d:\Users\Shares   and d:\Users\RedirectFolders
And all %username%  in Shares have lost their security settings?  (at least settings the one where a folder becomes a private folder for a specific user) ??

This is correct.

For Example:

User: test3 cannot access any data under redirected folders for users test2 or folders specific to a particular user other than test3's redirected folders.

We should see the same behavior for the "Shares" folder however... This is not the case user test3 or any user for that matter can access any other users folder under the "Shares" share.

So it appears redirectedfolders under the parent "Users" folder is working properly, but the "Shares" folder under the "Users" folder is not.

This behavior is the same when creating a new user as well.

What are the security permissions on the folders (ACL)

d:\Users\RedirectFolders
d:\Users\RedirectFolders\testuser1

d:\Users\Shares
d:\Users\Shares\testuser1

And did you allready compare the Share permissions on Shares and Redirect ??

ALC?

I do not see a difference in the security settings when comparing redirectedfolders to shares...

I do see a difference in the two user folders though. I have attached a screen shot.

Thank you.

OK, you showed me the ACL (Access control list) for the 4 folders.
I'm not sure how test3 in RedirectedFolders has a private folder but ok.

Go to properties of d:\User\Shares again .. and open the TAB   Sharing.
There are permissions assigned also (share permissions -> remember windows98?)
Compare this share permissions also.

And if managing Domains is you're daily job, please read this website where the difference is explained between   Shared Folders permission and NTFS permissions.

http://www.techexams.net/technotes/70290/permissions.shtml

ps. How connects a user to his RedirectedFolder   \\server\???????

For sharing it is set to "everyone" with full control for both the redirectedfolders and shares, share.

The small business server is server\\ but the profile home directories are point to the "app" server so: \\app\shares\test3

I guess you misread my last question.

How connects a user to a a folder in     e:\Users\RedirectedFolders\%username%

Can you checkout the Share persmissions for   the folder
   e:\Users\RestrictedUsers\test3

I have the feeling that both folders are not protected/private.

browse to   \\app\shares    and browse to  \\app\RedirectedFolders

In both cases you can see all usernames and also browse in it (i expect)

Ah, the redirected folders is done through group policy.

There are no share permissions for the "test3" folder since it is not directly shared. It is a sub folder of shares or redirectedprofiles, shares. These two shares are set to everyone with full control under the permissions tab.

I have the feeling that both folders are not protected/private.

browse to   \\app\shares    and browse to  \\app\RedirectedFolders

In both cases you can see all usernames and also browse in it (i expect)

- Yes, you can see all usernames under both redirected and under shares... Redirected you can go into a users folder and see the default folders such as documents and desktop, but cannot access them... Under Shares, it is just a free for all.

I tried the above to no avail... I ended up removing administrators from having access to the shares and now they are private. I cannot figure out why this would matter, but if the shares allow the administrators group to have access then all everyone can see everyone's folders...

Attributed to the final solution, there were more issues than one, but this helped get things on the right track.