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Re: Admin access to roaming profiles (existing folders) Pegasus \(MVP\) 11-19-2007
Posted by Pegasus \(MVP\) on November 19, 2007, 11:32 am
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> I'm trying to figure out how to give administrators access to roaming
> profile folders stored on a server. I've set "Add the administrators
> security group to roaming user profiles" in a group policy object
> which takes care of any future profiles, but now I'm stuck with approx
> 5000 existing folder to which administrators do not have access.
>
> I believe the process to give admin access is:
>
> 1. Take ownership as admin (recursively).
> 2. Grant full control to administrators.
> 3. Give ownership back to the original user (recursively).
>
> However, doing this manually is a huge pain and considering we have
> about 5000 folders to go through, I would prefer an automated
> solution. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Rickard

Have a look at the almost identical thread headed
"Admin access denied to view roaming profiles", posted
here less than two days ago. It always pays to look at
existing threads before starting a new one.



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