Sunday 8 April 2012

You do not have permission to access [drive]. Contact your network administrator to request access

For example: "You do not have permission to access \\my-pc\k. Contact your network administrator to request access"

When this error results from trying to access a PC's shared drive (not just a sub-directory but the entire shared drive) from another client PC on a (wireless) network, it could be that in addition to setting sharing permissions on the drive share, you have to remember to also set security access permissions for the drive itself :
  • Right-click on the drive, 
  • Click properties,
  • On the 'Security' tab (NOT 'Sharing' tab), click Edit,
  • On Security dialogue, click Add,
  • Type Everyone (click Check Names) and click OK,
  • Apply the necessary permissions (like Full Control, Read, Modify, etc),
  • Click OK (2x)

10 comments:

  1. same status but not connect

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  2. you are really a genius yaaaar... million of thanxxxx

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  3. fuckign A dude after 4 hours of madness and being denied got it working

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  4. veri nice . thanks for help . i have configured already everything about sharing. docs were showing on network but i was unable to open them. now this step make easy my life :)

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  5. Good man Perfect solution.......

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  6. Thank you !!!!! Worked for me!

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  7. Wow, Its great, worked for me!

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