NTFS permissions changed on 2008 R2 File server when File is modified by MAC
Hello all, I am having an issue with files on my 2008 R2 file server. From what I can tell the issue is that the NTFS permissions are being changed when a file is accessed by a mac and modified....
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I had functional DFSR in 2 server both windows 2008 r2 Enterprise . Couple of users complain some files missing then i use robocopy to copy the files with attribute set to new flies so what its does...
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