OK, now I need....

[Edski]

As the network admin, I need to know if there is some software out there that would allow me to set permissions from my desktop to all folders on my servers.

 

[Garion]

... And what kind of servers would those be?

- G

 

[Edski]

DOH!!!, I suppose that would help. Mostly NT 4.0 with a few Windows 2000 servers. The OS on my work station is 2000.

 

[bignick]

Well if it's a domain then just map a drive to your server and set the permissions like you would for a folder on your PC (right-click and choose properties, then set the permissions). For instance you have folders on the "d" of your server. Map a drive to the share "d$". If you don't have that share then create it. The $ means that the share is hidden.

If it's not a domain it's a little trickier. First you need to make sure that you log into your local workstation with a username and password that has administrative rights on the servers. Then when you go to set permissions you should set them as "\\servername\username or groupname".


Be forwarned that there are different permissions in NT and Win2k. So don't be suprised if some of the permissions on the NT4 servers come up with "special access" when being viewed from a NT4 machine.

 

[Edski]

I know the command line stuff, but hey...I am lazy and want to be able to just click on a server and be able to veiw and set permissions. With over 60 servers and 500 users, I just wanted to my job easier.

 

[Santa]

huum

I would practice on your own local machine first before messing with server files and folders.

Apparently you must be wet behind the ears as an administrator if you do not know how to do a reset on all child objects.

Convert your own machine to NTFS and then play around with a folder/file on there and look under advance for your security tab.

If you can't figure it out on your own system or end up locking yourself out of your own system then you've lucked out not putting 60 servers and 500 users through hell and back learning on the servers.

my 2 cents

 

[Edski]

I know how to do it on the individual servers....like I said, I am lazy and wanted some windows based software (point & click) that would look at all the servers, tell me what permissions were on each folder on each server, and allow me to change them.