SBS 2008 safe mode and logon
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From: Lee on 9 Sep 2009 11:42 Hi i need to safe boot the server to remove a locked folder. what is the best practice to do so and is there a way to log in locally on server other than using domain\sbsadmin? any best practice would be great! Thanks
From: AllenM on 9 Sep 2009 11:54 A locked folder? A term I for one am unfamiliar with. "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6FC7EC52-9F6D-4F36-806F-D68D352ADF21(a)microsoft.com... > Hi > > i need to safe boot the server to remove a locked folder. what is the best > practice to do so and is there a way to log in locally on server other > than > using domain\sbsadmin? > > any best practice would be great! > > Thanks >
From: Lee on 9 Sep 2009 17:15 "AllenM" wrote: > A locked folder? A term I for one am unfamiliar with. > > "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6FC7EC52-9F6D-4F36-806F-D68D352ADF21(a)microsoft.com... > > Hi > > > > i need to safe boot the server to remove a locked folder. what is the best > > practice to do so and is there a way to log in locally on server other > > than > > using domain\sbsadmin? > > > > any best practice would be great! > > > > Thanks > > > > > yes basically copied users folder from c:\ to d:\ via cmd and ending syntax of /mir i left the original folders on the root. I need to remove the users folder i copied to d:\ I have tried everything permission/security/ownership wise but keep getting error saying this "folder in use by another program" I have been told that the folder is within a process and killing that process remotely will kill server. best way to resolve will boot into safe mode. any suggestions on booting to safe mode. do i choose safe mode networking? never rebooted server to safe mode before.
From: AllenM on 9 Sep 2009 17:24 Try removing the share then try deleting. Also if you run any startup scripts that map client to that share remnove that script so the next time they boot up they will not connect to the share that no longer exists. If you still get the file or folder is in use then go into safe mode and command prompt and delete from there. Another option would be to create a fake empty folder and use robocopy to /mir that empty folder to the one you need to delete. "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A99AEDF6-1EF9-482E-8D36-77A91C3AA7BD(a)microsoft.com... > > > "AllenM" wrote: > >> A locked folder? A term I for one am unfamiliar with. >> >> "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:6FC7EC52-9F6D-4F36-806F-D68D352ADF21(a)microsoft.com... >> > Hi >> > >> > i need to safe boot the server to remove a locked folder. what is the >> > best >> > practice to do so and is there a way to log in locally on server other >> > than >> > using domain\sbsadmin? >> > >> > any best practice would be great! >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> >> >> yes basically copied users folder from c:\ to d:\ via cmd and ending >> syntax of /mir > i left the original folders on the root. I need to remove the users folder > i > copied to d:\ > I have tried everything permission/security/ownership wise but keep > getting > error saying this "folder in use by another program" > I have been told that the folder is within a process and killing that > process remotely will kill server. best way to resolve will boot into safe > mode. > > any suggestions on booting to safe mode. do i choose safe mode networking? > never rebooted server to safe mode before.
From: Lee on 9 Sep 2009 17:35
"AllenM" wrote: > Try removing the share then try deleting. Also if you run any startup > scripts that map client to that share remnove that script so the next time > they boot up they will not connect to the share that no longer exists. If > you still get the file or folder is in use then go into safe mode and > command prompt and delete from there. Another option would be to create a > fake empty folder and use robocopy to /mir that empty folder to the one you > need to delete. > > "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A99AEDF6-1EF9-482E-8D36-77A91C3AA7BD(a)microsoft.com... > > > > > > "AllenM" wrote: > > > >> A locked folder? A term I for one am unfamiliar with. > >> > >> "Lee" <Lee(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:6FC7EC52-9F6D-4F36-806F-D68D352ADF21(a)microsoft.com... > >> > Hi > >> > > >> > i need to safe boot the server to remove a locked folder. what is the > >> > best > >> > practice to do so and is there a way to log in locally on server other > >> > than > >> > using domain\sbsadmin? > >> > > >> > any best practice would be great! > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > >> > >> yes basically copied users folder from c:\ to d:\ via cmd and ending > >> syntax of /mir > > i left the original folders on the root. I need to remove the users folder > > i > > copied to d:\ > > I have tried everything permission/security/ownership wise but keep > > getting > > error saying this "folder in use by another program" > > I have been told that the folder is within a process and killing that > > process remotely will kill server. best way to resolve will boot into safe > > mode. > > > > any suggestions on booting to safe mode. do i choose safe mode networking? > > never rebooted server to safe mode before. > > > the folders on the c: and d: are not shared anyway. so i suppose that doesnt matter. Basically, what you saying to try is to create a 'new folder' on the d: and then robocopy /mir contents from the folder i cant delete to the 'new folder'? Will this then allow me to remove the original users folder on d: aswell as the new folder created you think? Not tried that yet |