If you stop Inheritable permissions from the top level folder, the bottom folders retain the current permissions. And allow you to change permissions on the individual folders.
Also you might look into Access Based Enumeration on the new server. That way users only see folders they have access to. Art From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Woah... why am I brain cramping on this!? (Folder permissions) Amazingly simply question, but I've not done this in so long that I can't remember. I have a folder on my file server (Windows 2008 R2) called Secure. Within that folder there are around 50 subfolders. Most users have no access to these folder, but some do need access to a few. So I had set up SYSTEM and Domain Admin full control on the Secure top level folder. Then I tried to change the subfolders where some users needed permissions, but it told me the folder permissions couldn't be changed because they were inheriting from their parent. Do I need to get rid of inheritable permissions so that I can have a few folders that have different permission levels than their parent? If I get rid of inherited permissions, and have to go set all 50 folders manually, which would be a pain, what do I need to set them to? Essentially, I need User A to click on the Secure folder and see nothing in it (or the folder list could be shown, I don't care) but I need User B to click on the Secure folder and see (and be able to read/write to) the folders he needs to access and change. Help!!?? I know I had this set up before, but when I moved to a new server, I lost those permissions. Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
