Admin Tip #309: NTFS Permissions

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When you check the permissions on an NTFS folder, you see a double set of permissions. The first set in parentheses refers to the directory itself and the second set of parentheses refer to the contents of the directory ( but not to contents in any subdirectories).

Permission Directory Directory Contents
List (RX)
Read and traverse directory		 (not specified)
Read (RX)
Read and traverse directory		 (RX)
View data files and run applications in directory
Add (WX)
Traverse directory, add files and subdirectories to directory		 (not specified) cannot read or change contents
Add & Read (RWX)
Read and traverse directory, add files and subdirectories to directory		 (RX)
View data files and run applications in directory
Change (RWXD)
Add, read, execute, modify, and delete directory		 (RWXD)
Add, read, execute, modify, and delete directory contents
Full Control (RWXDPO)
Take ownership, change permissions, add, read, execute, modify, and delete directory		 (RWXDPO)
Take ownership, change permissions, add, read, execute, modify, and delete directory contents
No Access ()
No access to directory		 ()
No access to directory contents

There is also Special Directory Access and Special File Access. Special Access allows you pick which combination of Read, Write, Execute, Delete, Change Permission and Take Ownership

NTFS permissions for files include Read, Change, Full Control, Special Access and No Access. Special access for files includes read, write, execute, delete, change permission and take ownership.

NTFS Tips:

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Choosing Between FAT and NTFS
Web versus NTFS Permissions
NTFS Security, Part 2: Implementing NTFS Special Permissions on Your Web Site
Getting the Most from IIS Security
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Cancel an NTFS conversion
NT equivalents of NetWare Rights
Access NTFS from DOS, Win95 or Win98 using NTFSDOS driver
NTFS Last Access TimeStamp
xcopy - keep attributes
How To Remove Files with Reserved Names such as LPT1 or PRN
NTFS Metadata files
Disable NTs 8.3 aliases for LFNs under NTFS
Streams displays which NTFS files have alternate streams content
VolumeID changes NT and FAT volume IDs
Create a NTFS partition over 4GB during installation
Windows NT NTFS Directory Compression





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