Cannot access shared folder from admin login

Question

Hi ,

My pc name is DESKTOP-OVU30OL and i had created a workgroup called DATA-WORKGROUP. I had a separate PC let say pc-2 with me connected on the same WIFI and the same workgroup , the network is private . On DESKTOP-OVU30OL , I had created a folder called 0.PrakashLaptop on the desktop . i had created a new user called ashutosh .

After that for the 0.PrakashLaptop properties->sharing->share , I had set the following rights

Admin - owner

Ashutosh -Read/write

for Advance sharing

tick the share this folder option and permissions -> share permissions

System -> allow -> full control , change , read

Admin -> allow -> full control , change , read

Ashutosh -> allow -> read

under security tab

for system - > i had allow all permissions

for admin -> i had allow all permissions

for ashutosh -> only the read and execute , list folder contents and read permissions is allowed .

so to check i login from my other pc using ashutosh credentials , it works fine as i can only read data but here is problem : when from my other pc , i tried to login to the DESKTOP-OVU30OL using Admin credentials , i can login but i cannot 0.PrakashLaptop . it says access is denied .

although the admin has full rights it cannot even see inside 0.PrakashLaptop .

Answer 1

Use the Effective Access tool to analyze permissions.

Here I have shared out the Data folder and check the access to a sub-subfolder.

Select the user you are having a problem with and check the "Access limited by".

net share data
icacls E:\Data\Subfolder\Sub-SubFolder

Note that "Access limited by" indicates Share and the permission on the share says "everyone read".

The "(I)" on the folder permissions indicates that the acl is inherited from the parent folder.

Verify that the permissions that you think you set are actually in place. Check the permissions on all folders/subfolders starting with the root folder that you shared.