<div>
Following Krypton's suggestions got me to where I needed to be. The best way I found was to share the parent directory with everyone, then in the Advanced Security Options I stopped all sub-directories from inheriting their permissions from the parent. The I allowed access via NTFS at the level I deemed necessary. Works like a charm and the users only see those directories that they have access to.
</div>


Following Krypton's suggestions got me to where I needed to be. The best way I found was to share the parent directory with everyone, then in the Advanced Security Options I stopped all sub-directories from inheriting their permissions from the parent. The I allowed access via NTFS at the level I deemed necessary. Works like a charm and the users only see those directories that they have access to.

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Hello all,<br />
&nbsp;I have setup a file server running Windows Server 2008 and I have provisioned a share under which I have created many directories, one for each of my users. So, for example, the share is called Backup_Share, and in that i have directories such as joe.smith, ann.thompson, etc. <br />
<br />
&nbsp;I have enabled Access Based Enumeration and what I would like to do is control access to the user folders in such a way that when mapping to the share the users see and can access only their folder.<br />
<br />
&nbsp;Now, I know that share and NTFS permissions have to be configured independently, and that the most restrictive of the two takes precedence. I also realize I will have to stop the share's inheritance from its parent object. I was wondering if any of you could tell me the best process for doing this? &nbsp;
</div>
</div>


Hello all,
 I have setup a file server running Windows Server 2008 and I have provisioned a share under which I have created many directories, one for each of my users. So, for example, the share is called Backup_Share, and in that i have directories such as joe.smith, ann.thompson, etc. 

 I have enabled Access Based Enumeration and what I would like to do is control access to the user folders in such a way that when mapping to the share the users see and can access only their folder.

 Now, I know that share and NTFS permissions have to be configured independently, and that the most restrictive of the two takes precedence. I also realize I will have to stop the share's inheritance from its parent object. I was wondering if any of you could tell me the best process for doing this?  

File Share Permissions Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.