Comments on: IFS folders are suddenly read-only from XP client

By: Djac

Djac — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:01:38 +0000

Forgot to say…. thanks for all the input….

By: Djac

Djac — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:56:54 +0000

Looks like we found the answer.

When we access the folder via the root share we only get read-only because root is shared read-only.

When we share the target folder explicitly with read/write and access THAT share directly (map a drive or navigate through Windows Explorer) everything is fully accessible.

I am sure we used to be able to navigate the folder structure from root downwards with all access (where permissions allowed), but I don’t know when this changed so I cannot say what brought the change about.

Perhaps there has been a Windows update which ‘fixed’ an issue where the iSeries share access wasn’t enforced correctly…..

By: Pdraebel

Pdraebel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:41:21 +0000

If you have Operations Navigator installed you could check the connections to the Windows Netserver.
Expand the system, Network, Servers, TCP/IP and than double click on iSeries Netserver. Some accounts could be disabled for Netserver. This is not related to the OS profile.

By: Graybeard52

Graybeard52 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:20:20 +0000

I had this problem once. The iSeries didn’t like mixed case passwords - all upper or all lower case worked fine. This was fixed in a PTF quite a while back.

I also remember having this problem due to another XP vs ISeries issues, related to “shares”.

Also, check for IFS Guest account (”netserver?”) to see if it gives read access.

FWIW: My IFS folders are NOT marked “read-only”

By: Mcl

Mcl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:13:04 +0000

Nothing new on the AS/400 - like you applied PTF’s or something?

Other than that, have you (as in your company) recently made changes to security policies on the Windows side?

By: Djac

Djac — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:23:50 +0000

We can still access the folders, it’s just that they are now showing in Windows as read-only.

We use different ID/password for mapping/navigating to IFS folders, this is how it has always been on this system, we haven’t changed anything on the AS/400 side. All folder permissions are as they should be.