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Posted by Al Dunbar on June 7, 2007, 10:55 pm
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> Thank you for your response.
You're welcome, but it looks as if you found your own answer!
/Al
> The solution: RDP connectiod: Local Resources: enable Drives
>
> As usual, always something invisible by being obvious.
>
>>
>>> Still not working.
>>>
>>> I created a new user on the XP box, set as an administrator
>>
>> this new user account is local to the XP system, and a member of the
>> local administrator's group on that workstation.
>>
>>> I created a new user on the W2k3 box, added to the administrators group
>>
>> This other new user account, is it local to the w2k3 box, or is it a
>> domain account? Has it been added to the administrators group local to
>> the w2k3 box, or to the "domain admins" group?
>>
>>> I added the new user to the security tab of the shared documents folder,
>>> giving the user full control
>>
>> Which new user, the xp one or the w2k3 one? I assume that the shared
>> documents folder is a folder on the w2k3 system - correct?
>>
>>> I then logged onto the XP comp as the new user
>>
>> I assume that you logged into the xp system as the new user local to that
>> system.
>>
>>> I then created a RDP connection to the server as the new user
>>
>> In my environment, when I do an RDP connection to a server, I first log
>> on to the xp workstation using my regular, non-privileged domain account,
>> run mstsc, and then logon to the server using a domain account that is a
>> member of the local administrators group on the server. The more
>> privileged account is also a member of the local administrators group on
>> all of our workstations. When I need to share data between the xp session
>> and the rdp session, I typically use a network share that my regular
>> account has access to, and access it from the xp box. I have not even
>> tried copying and pasting files between the two sessions because we have
>> policies against storing important information on the local hard drive of
>> a workstation, as it is not protected from loss there. In addition, I
>> frequently use runas to run privileged applications on the workstation
>> using my "administrator" account, and have found that files cannot be
>> copied between those applications and anything running under the
>> credentials of my regular account - even though my administrator account
>> actually does have full access to everything on the workstation - just
>> not through my regular account's view of that workstation.
>>> I opened the shared folder
>>>
>>> I copied a file
>>>
>>> I attempted to paste it to the XP desktop: paste is ghosted.
>>
>> As I noted above, I believe that the account you are copying from does
>> not have the permissions to copy to wherever on the local machine you are
>> trying to copy to.
>>
>>> I can log onto the XP box as Administrator,
>>
>> I am assuming as the administrator on the xp box.
>>
>>> and the w2k3 box as Administrator
>>
>> I am assuming as the administrator on the w2k3 box.
>>
>>> and I can copy from the shared docs folder to the XP desktop.
>>
>> Perhaps a different mechanism is in effect that allows this to happen. Do
>> the passwords for the two administrator accounts happen to be the same?
>>
>>> What do I need to do to get this to work?
>>
>> You would normally assume that an account that is a member of the
>> administrators group would have the same level of access as the actual
>> administrator account. I think the problem (assuming all accounts are
>> local accounts) is still insufficient access. But rather than
>> insufficient for the w2k3 admin, maybe the xp user (that is a member of
>> the xp administrators group) needs to have read access to what has been
>> copied at the server.
>>
>> I would expect a few issues like this when trying to interoperate between
>> two computers where local accounts are used rather than domain accounts.
>> My first suggestion would be to try to make both users at least power
>> users on the other system workstation. But a simpler approach might be to
>> use domain accounts.
>>
>>
>> /Al
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>>>
>>>>> From your more detailed description it appears that your issue
>>>>> is not with the server or the remote desktop sessions, but with
>>>>> the permissions granted to those other accounts on the XP.
>>>>
>>>> I suspected this to be the issue. And I am very unhappy.
>>>> I/we are not logging on to the XP client as a different user. Just as
>>>> Administrator.
>>>>
>>>> I am not aware if the server admin user has permissions on the XP
>>>> client.
>>>>
>>>> I will test, and confirm, and commiserate, about how much more "secure"
>>>> I feel from myself.
>>>>
>>>> And so on.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you all
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>>> From your more detailed description it appears that your issue
>>>>> is not with the server or the remote desktop sessions, but with
>>>>> the permissions granted to those other accounts on the XP.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your response
>>>>>>
>>>>>> XP remote desktop client
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Win 2k3 server host
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When logging onto the server from the client as the server's
>>>>>> Administrator user, I can copy files from the shared documents folder
>>>>>> on the server and paste them to the xp desktop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have created other users on the server, and added them to the
>>>>>> administrators group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use these user to log onto the server from the XP client computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Logged on as any of these users I can copy files from the shared
>>>>>> folder on the server to the server desktop,...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cannot copy files from the shared folder on the server to the the
>>>>>> XP desktop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All users are listed on the security tab of the shared documents
>>>>>> folder, as is the Administrators' group
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All users have the same permissions as the Administrator User, except
>>>>>> ownership.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the Remote Desktop connectoids are configured the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why can I not paste files to the XP desktop for users other than The
>>>>>> Administrator.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sunday
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Host: Windows Server 2003
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> XP desktop: latest version of remote desktop client
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Connecting as Administrator allows me to copy files from the shared
>>>>>>>> folder to my XP desktop.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Connecting as another user does not allow me to copy files.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The users are part of the administrators group, users group, and
>>>>>>>> the remote desktop group.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What else do I need to do?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure exactly, but the information you give seems a bit
>>>>>>> incomplete. You mention an "administrators" group, but you do not
>>>>>>> say whether that is the one local to the XP workstation or local to
>>>>>>> the server. The two computers each have their own set of
>>>>>>> permissions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you mean by "connecting as Administrator"? Do you mean
>>>>>>> logging on, or are you using the administrator's credentials to map
>>>>>>> to a share or access a remote UNC? Whatever the case, the account
>>>>>>> that owns the process that is actually performing the copy needs to
>>>>>>> have read access to what is being copied from and read/write access
>>>>>>> to what it is copying to.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps if you outlined the steps you are following in a bit more
>>>>>>> detail...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Al
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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