NTFS Permissions Question

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I have a D drive on the server, with a few subfolders for user shares,
Quickbooks share, etc..

I blocked inheritance , and created appropriate permissions, ex. Quickbooks
share - Administrators full control, Quickbooks users full control.

My question is: What about the SYSTEM group? The default D share gave it
and all subfolders permissions to the folders by default. However, I blocked
inheritance, and am not sure if I should add the SYSTEM group to my shares or
not! What does the SYSTEM group mean, and what is its purpose?
 
I have a D drive on the server, with a few subfolders for user shares,
Quickbooks share, etc..

I blocked inheritance , and created appropriate permissions, ex. Quickbooks
share - Administrators full control, Quickbooks users full control.

My question is: What about the SYSTEM group? The default D share gave it
and all subfolders permissions to the folders by default. However, I blocked
inheritance, and am not sure if I should add the SYSTEM group to my shares or
not! What does the SYSTEM group mean, and what is its purpose?
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There are a number of programs that can/will use the SYSTEM account
for access. Backup software is the first that comes to mind, but it
could be you have other software that may.

Jeff
 
You should be OK without this grant to SYSTEM, particularly
given that you do have a grant of FULL to Administrators group.
The Local System account that the core of the OS runs as is in
fact a hidden member of the Administrators group.
Grants to SYSTEM can become particularly important where
Adminsitrators have no access by specific services running
in the OS will be attempting file accesses.
 
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