SMS Shared Packages Can Change Existing Rights on NetWare

Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q149957

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2

SYMPTOMS

When sending a sharing package to a NetWare distribution server where a directory already exists for the package share name, SMS will change the rights on that directory and all subdirectories beneath it.

CAUSE

When the Despooler places a package on an existing directory structure, it cannot determine which rights will be adequate for that directory and the subdirectories below it, and will change the rights for EVERYONE to RWCMEF (Read, Write, Create, Modify, Erase, File Scan), depending on whether the job was created with Read or Read Access selected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.x. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords : kbnetwork smsdespooler smsgeneral smspgc
Version : 1.0 1.1 1.2
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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