Home Folder Permissions after move

Question

I am having an issue with home folder moves between servers. When I move a folder between servers, using Adaxes, the user permissions are lost. I know that this is expected behavior when you move a folder between servers. However, is there an automated way to re-assign the user permissions so they can access their home folder again :?:

Answer 1

Hello,

It is expected behavior not only when you move home folders between servers, but also when you move a home folder from one share to another within the same server. As a workaround, we can suggest adding one more action to your Business Rule that moves home folders. The action will automatically grant Full Access permissions to a user for his/her home folder after the folder move.

For information on how to add an action to a Business Rule, see steps 5 and 6 of the following help article: http://www.adaxes.com/help/?ManageBusin ... tions.html. You'll need to:

1. Add the Run a program or PowerShell script action.
   

2. Paste the following script in the Script field:

    # Get home directory folder
    try
    {
        $homeFolder = $Context.TargetObject.Get("homeDirectory")
    }
    catch
    {
        $Context.LogMessage("The user does not have a home directory.", "Warning") # TODO: modify me
        return
    }
   
    # Get the user's SID
    $userSidBinary = $Context.TargetObject.Get("objectSid")
    $userSid = New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier($userSidBinary, 0)
   
    # Grant Full Access to the user for the home folder
    $homeFolderACL = Get-Acl $homeFolder
    $acl = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($userSid,"FullControl","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow")
    $homeFolderACL.AddAccessRule($acl)
   
    Set-Acl -path $homeFolder $homeFolderACL
   

3. Enter a short description for the script and click OK.

4. Save the Business Rule.

Comments

I ran a few test user directory move operations, and that seemed to fix the issue. Thanks!