Thanks - i see the problem now - i was checking the owner of the root folder
of the profile (\\roach\profiles\XP\gary). I had changed this to "gary"
along with all of its contents. in fact the owner of this folder has to be
"administrators" for the profile to work, but the contents can be owned by
the user.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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> Gary Roach wrote:
>> I'm running an AD domain called NTDOMAIN using server 2003 with XP SP1
>> workstations with roaming profiles. If the ownership of the files and
>> folders in the profiles is "DOMAIN\Administrators", they work fine.
>> If I change the ownership of a user's profile folder and all files
>> and subfolders to the user's account, I get:
>>
>> Windows cannot copy file \\roach\profiles\XP\gary\NTUSER.DAT to
>> location C:\Documents and Settings\gary.NTDOMAIN\NTUSER.DAT. Possible
>> causes of this error include network problems or insufficient
>> security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network
>> administrator.
>>
>> DETAIL - The specified network name is no longer available.
>>
>> I tried enabling the "do not check for ownership of roaming profile
>> folders" setting in the group policy administrative templates but
>> this made no difference. Why is this happening? I think people's
>> files should be owned by them instead of "administrators". Thanks for
>> any help.
>
> It *is* owned by them when the roaming profile folder is created. It's
> only
> changed if you change it.
>
> If you change it (you need to change ownership if you want to change
> anything), use Administrators (group). Reset NTFS permissions on all
> subfolders so that Administrators, System, and the user account all have
> full control - copy permisions before removing inheritance/applying
> changes.
>
> I like doing this as I like having access as administrator to the profile
> folders. Change this only when the user isn't logged in.
>
>
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