Folder Security

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I have a folde ron the security that was set up by a previous administrator.
He unfortuantly set it up so all the users had only read and write
priviledges to this folder. I went to change the security and I am unable
becuase he also prevented right form propogating down. Is there anything
that can be done to resolve this.
 
Look in the advanced tab for the possibilities including checking "inherit
form parent". If you have a lot of folders also take a look at the command
line tool xcacls.vbs but be sure to experiment with on a test computer and
do a full backup first as it is easy to really muck up your permissions with
the wrong syntax. If you mean you simply can not change permissions and are
first trying to take ownership then when taking ownership be sure to select
the option for replace owner on subcontainers and objects. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825751 --- xcacls.vbs
 
There is something I am not understanding in your posting.

First, you evidently cannot change the permissions, such as from Users
Read to Users Modify. That you cannot do this is not because of the
permissions being inhibited "from propogating down". It is likely because
Administrators do not have sufficient permissions.

There is no "prevent from propogating down" switch in the NTFS permissions
dialog. There is a checkbox to prevent inheritance from above, and one to
force inheritables from the current to be applied to its subordinate
structure.

But notice there is not one to prevent the current from being inherited.
Rather, that behavior is controlled grant by grant (or deny) by use of the
Edit button where each ACE can be targetted with its Applies To setting.

Depending on who is the owner of objects, if Administrators group does
not currently have Full control over all of the structure you are wanting
to change then you may need to first take ownership. Otherwise, as
owner it should just be a matter of setting the permission as desired.
 
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