File Sharing Issue

jhcarver · 28 Dec 2022

We have 2 identical systems running Windows 10 version 22H2 which share our home wireless network. The downloads folder on each computer is shared with full control to "Everyone". (see attached images). The computer "JUDY" does indeed have full access to downloads on "JOHN". However, even though "JOHN" can read and copy files from downloads on "JUDY, attempts to rename or delete such files are greeted with a "file access denied" error. "JOHN" is informed that he needs permission from "JUDY" to do so. The real Judy is my wife and the real John pretty much needs permission from her to do anything

I did find this: "Ensure that both computers (your local and the network one) are connected on the same network." JOHN is on Wi-Fi (ORBI37); JUDY is on Wi-Fi 2 (ORBI37).
Could that be a problem?

Thanks for reading!

Regards,
John

hsehestedt · 31 Dec 2022

John, I'm sorry that it so long for anyone to respond to you. I'm guessing a lot of people's schedules are different around the holidays.

I apologize too that I can't provide screenshots as I have torn down my Win 10 VMs in preparation for creating some new VMs as a sort of "New Year's housekeeping task", but I'll do my best to describe what I believe is happening.

From you screenshots, I noticed that you are using Advanced Sharing rather than the sharing wizard. If you had used the sharing wizard to create the share, one of the tasks that the wizard would have perfored would have been to also set the NTFS file permissions in the folder that you are sharing to allow access to "everyone". By using Advanced Sharing, that task is left to you to perform manually.

So, you have two options:

1) Manually set the NTFS file permissions
2) Destroy the share, enable the use of the wizard, then recreate the share using the wizard.

To enable the wizard, open File Explorer, select "Options", and tick the box that says "Use Sharing Wizard (Recommended)".

The below screenshot comes from Windows 11, so it may look slightly different, but this setting should be the same.

Let me know if that helps. If not, there are some other possibilities, but that is what I suspect is happening in your case.

Samuria · 31 Dec 2022

By default windows passes the username and password you logged in with. So quick fix is to create an account on the pc your connecting to with same username password

jhcarver · 31 Dec 2022

hsehestedt: I decided to try your option "1) Manually set the NTFS file permissions". In the Security tab, I saw that the permissions I wanted for "Everyone" were not checked. They are now and life is good once again. Happy New Year everyone

File Sharing Issue-judy-downloads-security-tab-.jpg

Regards,
John

Paul Black · 31 Dec 2022

Hello @jhcarver,

I know that your issue is resolved, but this might help in future to get the Access Right and Access Control Type.

Copy & Paste the following [ ALL at once ] into a CMD Prompt and press Enter.

Code:


@echo off
PowerShell ^
     $Tot=((Get-SMBShare ^| ForEach-Object {Get-SMBShareAccess $_.Name}) ^| Measure-Object).Count; ^
     $List=(Get-SMBShare ^| ForEach-Object {Get-SMBShareAccess $_.Name}  ^| Sort-Object -Property Name, AccountName ^| Format-Table -AutoSize ^
     @{L='Name'               ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.Name))              {'-'} else {$_.Name}}}, ^
     @{L='Account Name'       ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.AccountName))       {'-'} else {$_.AccountName}}}, ^
     @{L='Access Right'       ;E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.AccessRight))       {'-'} else {$_.AccessRight}}}, ^
     @{L='Access Control Type';E={;if([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_.AccessControlType)) {'-'} else {$_.AccessControlType}}} ^| ^
Out-String -Width 1000).Trim("""`r`n"""); ^
     if ($List.Length) {Write-Host """`n--- Shared [Folders] Permissions on the Local Machine [$Tot] - Sorted by [Name, AccountName] ---`n`n `n`n$List"""} else {Write-Host """`n--- NO Shared [Folders] Permissions on the Local Machine Available ---"""; exit 1; goto :SMB_Share} >> %Temp%\A.txt
     for /f "delims=" %i in (%Temp%\A.txt) do echo. %i
     del %Temp%\A.txt

echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit

I hope this helps.

jhcarver · 31 Dec 2022

Thank you Paul! I will save this code.

Regards,
John

Paul Black · 31 Dec 2022

jhcarver said:

Thank you Paul! I will save this code.

You are VERY welcome.
Have a GREAT New Year.

jhcarver · 05 Feb 2024

I have 3 computers in a Windows 10 home network and they can all see each other.

File Sharing Issue-network-computers.png

However, when I attempt to browse shared folders on \\JUDY by expanding from the File Explorer navigation pane, I receive this permissions error:

File Sharing Issue-network-error-message.png

The other 2 computers expand normally to display all the shares.

File Sharing Issue-network-computers-expanded.png

I can still access the shared folders on \\JUDY by entering the full path in the File Explorer address bar.
For example, typing \\JUDY\Documents opens that shared folder. I have to repeat that method for each of the shared folders on that computer.Obviously,it would be easier if \\JUDY expanded like the others.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts but please don’t suggest that I reset my network connections because there has to be an easier solution.

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