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Asked: 2016-12-05 21:11:51 +0800 CST

Why can I not change file/folder permissions even after taking ownership?

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I have a folder hierarchy that has a mess of different permissions. As the the domain Administrator group is not included in this list, I kept receiving an error when attempting to change the permissions.

A bit of scouring the web uncovered that I would first have to take ownership of the files using the TAKEOWN command with the /r flag.

Well, I can say that TAKEOWN worked wonderfully, but I am still encountering the same issue whereby I receive an Error Applying Changes alert.

Why is this happening?

permissions windows-server-2012

1 Answers

  1. Upon running the icalcs command on the directory to update permissions after the ownership had been changed, passed ignore success, and continue on failure flags, then piped the output to a text file.

    The permissions were unable to be changed because the file paths to some of the shared folders were too long.

    I have not rectified the issue yet, but my approach will likely be to use the subst command to mount a valid UNC path and temporarily assign it to a local drive letter, then update the permissions with icacls.

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