permission inheritance - XP pro / NTFS

Leehaa · Feb 22, 2007

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Question:

When you move a file within the same NTFS partition, it keeps it's permissions...If you move a file to another NTFS partition, will it inherit the permissions at it's destination? (obviously it will lose them if transferred to FAT partition, but what happens from one NTFS partition to another?)...

when you copy a file, does it lose it's permissions regardless of where copied to?

Are there some situations within the above where there are exceptions?

Mitzs · Feb 22, 2007

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Leehaa said:

Question:

When you move a file within the same NTFS partition, it keeps it's permissions...If you move a file to another NTFS partition, will it inherit the permissions at it's destination? (obviously it will lose them if transferred to FAT partition, but what happens from one NTFS partition to another?)...

when you copy a file, does it lose it's permissions regardless of where copied to?

Are there some situations within the above where there are exceptions?

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When you copy a file or move a file to a different partition, it inherits the permissions of the destination folder. When you move a file to a different folder on the same partition, it retains its permissions.
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http://redmondmag.com/reviews/exams/article.asp?EditorialsID=81

Files and Directories inherit permissions from the directory they are created it.
When you copy (or move) a folder that has specifically been shared (rather than just inheriting sharing from its parent), the original remains shared, but the copy is reset to Not Shared. However, if you copy the folder to a drive or folder that is shared, it will inherit the sharing setting of its new parent location.
When you copy or move a file or folder from an NTFS partition to a FAT or FAT32 partition, all NTFS permission settings are removed, leaving it wide-open for anyone to access.
When you copy to another NTFS partition, or within the same partition, any old NTFS permissions assigned specifically to the original are stripped away, and it inherits NTFS permissions from the new location. In order to copy, you must have Write permission for the destination. The user doing the copying becomes the CREATOR OWNER of the copy.
When you move a file or folder to another NTFS partition, the permissions work just like copying. Any old permissions are removed, and the file or folder inherits permissions from the new location. You must have Change permission for the file or folder being moved and Write permission for the destination partition or folder. The user doing the moving becomes the CREATOR OWNER of the file.
When you move a file or folder to a different location on the same NTFS partition, the moved file or folder does inherit permissions from the new location, but if there were any permissions set specifically for that object, they are retained and they override the new inheritances. You must have Change permission for the file or folder being moved and Write permission for the destination partition or folder. The CREATOR OWNER does not change.
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http://www.svrops.com/svrops/documents/nt4perms.htm

AJ · Feb 22, 2007

hehe Mitzs beat me to it

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/win2k/win2kpermissions.html

There's my linky

Leehaa · Feb 22, 2007

Thank you.

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