Permissions revert to full accesss to everyone

[coolneo]

Hi,

I'm really stumped here and any help is greatly appriciated.

My d:\ drive has permissions like this:

administrator -> full access
everyone -> read, list, execute

I have a mounted drive under d:\ (say, d:\www\test). That folder is
permissioned as full control for everyone. I don't get it. I went up
the dir tree and can't find that permission anywhere. I have no idea
where it got it from. I go up a level to the folder with the correct
permissioning and tell it to reset permissions on children - it looks
like it's doing something - but it's doesn't do a thing.

What gives?

 

[Steven L Umbach]

I don't know offhand why that happened but you can manually set permissions to what
you want for that drive. If it shows it has inherited permissions, then select
advanced and uncheck "inherit from parent... ". You will be prompted to remove or
copy current permissions. I suggest you select copy and then apply. You should now
have explicit permissions for that drive and you can configure them to your
eeds. --- Steve

 

[coolneo]

Thanks, the problem with this is that I have hundreds of folders like
this. It won't be pretty. Could it be that the mount point does not
inherit permissions from parents?

 

[coolneo]

Thanks, the problem with this is that I have hundreds of folders like
this. It won't be pretty. Could it be that the mount point does not
inherit permissions from parents?

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Hmm. I have not used mounted drives much. I wonder if they get their permissions from
the empty folder you mount them on. Since you have a lot of drives to set permissions
on you may want to look at using the command line utilities of cacls, xcacls, or
fileacl [free download]. For cacls or xcacls you can use the /e switch to modify
existing permissions or use just /g to replace current permissions and you can list
permissions for more than one group/user at a time. Fileacl is much more powerful if
you need to do advanced file configuration. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318754

 

[coolneo]

There are two places to set permissions for mounted volumes (argh).
The first is in the obvious place - and that's where I have been
setting it. The second is under the "Advanced" option in the first
properties tab. So dopey.

Hmm. I have not used mounted drives much. I wonder if they get their permissions from
the empty folder you mount them on. Since you have a lot of drives to set permissions
on you may want to look at using the command line utilities of cacls, xcacls, or
fileacl [free download]. For cacls or xcacls you can use the /e switch to modify
existing permissions or use just /g to replace current permissions and you can list
permissions for more than one group/user at a time. Fileacl is much more powerful if
you need to do advanced file configuration. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318754

Thanks, the problem with this is that I have hundreds of folders like
this. It won't be pretty. Could it be that the mount point does not
inherit permissions from parents?

"Steven L Umbach" <[email protected]> wrote in message

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Glad you figured it out. We all complicate our own lives some days. As long as it is
not every day we should be fine. --- Steve

There are two places to set permissions for mounted volumes (argh).
The first is in the obvious place - and that's where I have been
setting it. The second is under the "Advanced" option in the first
properties tab. So dopey.


"Steven L Umbach" <[email protected]> wrote in message

Hmm. I have not used mounted drives much. I wonder if they get their permissions from
the empty folder you mount them on. Since you have a lot of drives to set permissions
on you may want to look at using the command line utilities of cacls, xcacls, or
fileacl [free download]. For cacls or xcacls you can use the /e switch to modify
existing permissions or use just /g to replace current permissions and you can list
permissions for more than one group/user at a time. Fileacl is much more powerful if
you need to do advanced file configuration. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318754

Thanks, the problem with this is that I have hundreds of folders like
this. It won't be pretty. Could it be that the mount point does not
inherit permissions from parents?

"Steven L Umbach" <[email protected]> wrote in message

I don't know offhand why that happened but you can manually set permissions

to
what

you want for that drive. If it shows it has inherited permissions, then select
advanced and uncheck "inherit from parent... ". You will be prompted to remove or
copy current permissions. I suggest you select copy and then apply. You

should
now

have explicit permissions for that drive and you can configure them to your
eeds. --- Steve


Hi,

I'm really stumped here and any help is greatly appriciated.

My d:\ drive has permissions like this:

administrator -> full access
everyone -> read, list, execute

I have a mounted drive under d:\ (say, d:\www\test). That folder is
permissioned as full control for everyone. I don't get it. I went up
the dir tree and can't find that permission anywhere. I have no idea
where it got it from. I go up a level to the folder with the correct
permissioning and tell it to reset permissions on children - it looks
like it's doing something - but it's doesn't do a thing.

What gives?