gglollc
asked on
File Share Permissions Stumper
We have a Windows 2008 R2 File server. When we share folders we give Everyone Read, Change and Full Control share permissions and then use NTFS permissions to place restrictions.
We discovered a shared folder in which the Domain Users group has Read, List Folder Contents and Read & Execute NTFS permissions. However we discovered that our users can write to that folder. I checked Effective permissions and found that the Domain Users group only had Read, List Folder Contents and Read & Execute permissions, however when I check an individual user they indeed have write effective permissions. The users are not in any other groups that have any permissions on that share. So I am stumped, how does a group have read only permissions but the users in that group have write permissions?
We discovered a shared folder in which the Domain Users group has Read, List Folder Contents and Read & Execute NTFS permissions. However we discovered that our users can write to that folder. I checked Effective permissions and found that the Domain Users group only had Read, List Folder Contents and Read & Execute permissions, however when I check an individual user they indeed have write effective permissions. The users are not in any other groups that have any permissions on that share. So I am stumped, how does a group have read only permissions but the users in that group have write permissions?
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Lionel MM
Do you have "inherited permissions" enabled on the folder--if you do remove them and apply on the permissions you want on that shared folder.
ASKER
We don't have any local groups on that server that contain domain users.
I unshared the folder, reset the NTFS permisions, then shared it again and it seems back to normal.
I unshared the folder, reset the NTFS permisions, then shared it again and it seems back to normal.
ASKER
Okay, I apologize to Matt. Upon re-examination domain users were in a local server group with write permissions.