deleting files over the network is one issue and sometimes even transferring
a bunch of files in a folder over the network, some will and some won't
Deleting files across an SMB (Windows File Sharing) connection only works on
domain-joined machines if you use a domain-based account in the local admins
group. One feature of UAC is that when you connect with a local account in
the local admins group you get a filtered security token that does not
contain Administrators. Thus, if you are trying to delete files that are only
deletable by administrators it will fail. The work-around is to use Terminal
Services instead. You can disable the behavior that gives you a filtered
token if you have to. I'd have to dig up the reg hack to do it though. There
is no Group Policy setting for it.
A lot of people are having issues with transferring files and folders and it
is still unclear why it is failing. I have not personally seen it failing,
and from the descriptions I am getting I can't tell why it is failing. One
obvious one is if you are trying to overwrite an existing file that has an
ACL that grants only Admins access. I think something else is getting in the
way though because in most cases I have heard of people were trying to
transfer an entire large directory hierarchy. I'd be very curious for more
information on what exactly is happening here.
