RE: "Deny" permissions keep getting lost?
From: In-stal (Instal_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/29/04
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:39:11 -0700
Go into the Advanced section of the permissions and UNCHECK "Inherit from
parent the permission entries that apply to child objects." Otherwise, have
you thought about a potential virus?
"Tegger®" wrote:
> A customer of mine has a problem with file permissions. The machine in
> question is running XP Pro with all the updates except SP2. It is being
> used as a file server on a small network.
>
> There is a specific directory that is shared (read/write) among all users,
> but which contains a number of files which must not be accessible to one
> group of users. I have achieved this objective by selecting "Deny" in the
> Security tab on each of those files for that group.
>
> The problem is that (apparently at random) some of those files will change
> to "Permit" for the group I want to "Deny". Setting them back to "Deny"
> does not guarantee that the setting will be kept, even if you reboot after
> making the security change.
>
> It could take a week or several weeks, but eventually one or more of those
> files will revert back to "Permit" for that group. Last week it was just
> one file. Last month it was three.
>
> My customer insists that there is no security breach (such as a leaked
> password) that would give unauthorized admin access to the file server, and
> I have to believe him on that, as I can find no evidence to the contrary.
>
> Any ideas? I'm stumped.
>
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