You need to setup folder traversal. Whatever group needs access at D4, needs read/execute (This folder only) at the levels above it. They'll be able to see folders along the way, but won't be able to open them.
[cid:[email protected]] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Accessing only a lower level folder in a share It's been so long since I've had to do this, I need a check. I'm doing something fundamentally wrong, I think. We use groups to set share/ACLs on folders. I got a request to share a 4th level sub-folder with other employees not in the ACL. So what I have is: Folder A1 (shared) -->>B2 -->>C3 -->> D4 (this is the one I want to allow access to) Now, the share permissions on A1 is for DevelopmentGroup, and the NTFS permissions are the same. Those permissions just flow down to B2, C3 and D4 (i.e., normal inheritance). Now, I'm pretty sure the only way to allow access to only D4, and not allow access to B2 and C3 or even see files there, is to enable ABE. But I've never done that, and am leery of enabling it in production, without a whole more testing and forethought (I shudder to think of all the help desk calls, if I get something wrong). Am I correct that only ABE will do what I am thinking of (allow access only to D4 and hide contents of A1, B2, C3)? Barring ABE, there's nothing I can do, short of granting a new group access to D4, and living with the consequences? Thoughts? At this point, I want to just add the new group to the NTFS permissions of D4 only, and live with the fact that these new group members can see everything higher up.
