Hello, I have Windows server 2003 R2 SP2 Installed in my Environment and I have promoted it as a File Server. I have created some share folders and given access to the respected Users & Groups. Everything related to access is working fine but when the Users try to access the shared folder Location (E.g.: \\Servername\) they can see the list of shared folders, although they dont have the access to use other shared folders and while accessing other folders the Users get Access is Denied. The problem is that I want to hide all the Shared folders so that only the person who has the access to the respected folders can see his folder. I found an Article called ABE (Access Based Enumeration), so I have downloaded that tool and deployed in my environment and have enabled the ABE on a particular folder but still all the Users are able to View those list of shared folders. Kindly need your help in solving this problem.

Hello, for General questions please ask in http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winservergen/threads as this forum is related to Directory Services problems. For ABE please start with http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784710(v=ws.10).aspxBest regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

ABE only wrks on windows 2003 SP1 and above. The purpose of ABE is only to hide folder which user don't have access to. If the folder where you have enabled ABE user has permission to read he will see that folder. By default all the domain users are part of the authenticated users group and can read all the file, so you need to adjust the ACL accordingly then ABE will work. Have you referenced below article for configuring ABE. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Implementing-Access-Based-Enumeration-Windows-Server-2003.html http://www.isaacoben.com/2009/04/13/access-based-enumeration-abeand-dfshow-to-hide-folders-from-unauthorized-users/ Awinish Vishwakarma - MVP - Directory Services My Blog: awinish.wordpress.com Disclaimer This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties/guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi, I suggest we check the article below to learn more about ABE and confirm whether ABE has been properly enabled on that shared folder: Access Based Enumeration (ABE) http://msmvps.com/blogs/erikr/archive/2008/06/28/access-based-enumeration-abe.aspx Regards KevinTechNet Community Support