Re: NTFS Permissions Question

From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 03/18/05


Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:44:58 GMT

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 05:33:03 -0800, "PM"
<PM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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?

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



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