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windows smb server file is missing when denied access

IN windows server 2012 r2 machine, I created a folder called "share" and and a file named test inside that folder.The file 'test' has read write access for user1 and deny access for user2 in ...
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Inaccessible "SHADOW" directory in Windows Server 2012 R2

While trying to figure out what takes up storage space on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system, I came upon a directory called SHADOW inside the main Windows directory that I cannot access in any way. When ...
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Destination Folder Access Denied - You need permission to perform this action

I am trying to write files to a mapped network drive (from one server to another). I am trying to write as a user 'opcon' on our 'opcon' server to a mapped drive that is on our image server, and ...
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Tomcat service can't start: access denied

I am using Tomcat on a Windows server and faced a problem while updating the Tomcat version. The problem is that the assigned user doesn't have the rights to start Tomcat. Here are my attempts with ...
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NFS Server granting/removing share permissions to a host error

While trying to add a host to NFS share permissions I'm receiving a very generic error with not much to go on. Cannot set NFS permissions Failed to perform the requested operation. The NFS server is ...
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Can't deny 'change' permissions on drive without also denying read permissions

I need to allow Read permissions but deny Write permissions on this storage drive, but I seemingly can't, using the permissions dialogue. How do I go about this? Running Windows Server 2012 R2.
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How to grant permissions on a multi-folder file-server

I have been given the task to restructure a file server (CIFS), which is mapped to a Windows Server. Further I need to manage the file server as picture below. I need some guidance to know what kind ...
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Restrict user to only run programs on Windows server 2012 R2

I have a situation here I hope You can help me with. I have a Database running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 with a specific user account. Same user account is running a Windows Service. This Service ...
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Server 2012R2 - "Access Denied" on drive in Explorer, but can browse by CMD line

I've just done an in-place upgrade of a Hyper-V guest from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2 (via Server 2012, as direct upgrade from 2008 to 2012 R2 is not supported). Usually one would create a ...
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Having an administrator user without RDP

I came across a case that the server (windows server 2012R2 Datacenter edition x64) should have an user which has all of administrators permissions except having RDP . that would be so great if you ...
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Win Server 2012 R2 - Give user permission to map network drive

How can I adjust group permissions in Computer Management to allow a user to access the wwwroot folder from another computer on the network? As of now, the only way I have been able to give the user ...
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What are the Computer Management Group Privileges actually granted?

Someone wants to do something to database or it's server and they always ask for "Admin" privileges. Often on questioning it turns out they need to add a column to a table, so you grant db_owner on ...
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How to Grant Write Access to Windows Server 2012 R2 Application Event Log

I'm running Windows Server 2012 R2 and under that I'm running VMWare Workstation Pro. When Workstation is installed, the user Group __vmware__ is created for VMWare Workstation users. I've added my ...
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Secured drive only available if Windows Explorer is run as an Administrator

I have secured a drive on my server to only allow Local Administrators access. Domain Admins are part of the Local Administrators group. When I log on as an administrator, the folder is only ...
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How to specify SIDs in Security Policy?

After the installation of KB2871997, on Windows Server 2008 R2 on a domain controller, you get a new user group: 'Restricted Users', and as this article mentions, you get two new well known SIDs: ...
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