apply permission to child objects

23 Mar 2005 6:27 PM

ib_redbeard

Hello,
I have a Windows 2000 network. I want to give a group permissions at the
root, and have that group's permissions filter down to all child objects
without losing any of the permissions that are all ready there. Some of the
folders in the share do not inherit from parent ( I just inherited this
network from the previous admin) but when you select "replace permission
entries on all child objects......" it will replace all child object
permissions with the ones that are on the root. I do not want this. SO, is
there a way to have a group's permissions filter down to all child objects
without losing any of the permissions that are all ready there? Thanks in
advance!

24 Mar 2005 12:01 AM

Doug Sherman [MVP]

By default child objects inherit permissions from the parent. You can alter
this behavior by clearing the check box for 'Allow inheritable
permissions...' on the Security tab in the child folder's properties. If
you have done this and you do not want to revert to the default behavior,
then you will have to separately add the new group to the permissions list
on each child folder which is not inheriting from its parent.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

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"ib_redbeard" <ibredbe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a Windows 2000 network. I want to give a group permissions at the
> root, and have that group's permissions filter down to all child objects
> without losing any of the permissions that are all ready there. Some of
the
> folders in the share do not inherit from parent ( I just inherited this
> network from the previous admin) but when you select "replace permission
> entries on all child objects......" it will replace all child object
> permissions with the ones that are on the root. I do not want this. SO,
is
> there a way to have a group's permissions filter down to all child objects
> without losing any of the permissions that are all ready there? Thanks in
> advance!