Cannot delete files

[Ulfius]

I have a windows 2000 server runnning FrontPage extensions and the
users are sometimes reporting that they cannot delete their files. They
are assigned the "Advanced Author" role which gives them the ability to
"Author Pages - User can create, edit, or "delete" HTML pages and
directories."

However, when I open the properties -security tab for the folder, the
permissions box is showing that Advanced Authors are only allowed to
"list folder contents" then when I click the Advanced button on the
bottom right corner and view the permissions tab the users account is
showing that the permission columns allows them to modify.

Furthrmore, if I click the View/Edit button it shows that the
permissions to Delete subfolders and Files is not selected in the allow
column.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem so users can delete their files
with the Advanced Author role?

Thanks.

 

[Tom Miller]

I have a windows 2000 server runnning FrontPage extensions and the
users are sometimes reporting that they cannot delete their files. They
are assigned the "Advanced Author" role which gives them the ability to
"Author Pages - User can create, edit, or "delete" HTML pages and
directories."

However, when I open the properties -security tab for the folder, the
permissions box is showing that Advanced Authors are only allowed to
"list folder contents" then.....

Your file access list as has gotten out of sync with the author roles. I
think microsoft has a wizard that is suppose to set those both at the same
time. Presuming your the adminstrator (signed on as an administrator) you
can make the changes by hand. Start at each webroot and make sure that file
permissions are inherited to the bottom of each website. Be careful. You
might give them more access than you had intended. That is why the web
security wizard is so nice.

I am almost certain that wizard is builtin into the IIS admin snap-in or the
FP snap-in under MMC but I can't lay by hands on exactly where it is.
Sorry.

Tom