Configuring Special Permissions

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In some circumstances, you might find it necessary to set, change, or remove special permissions on either a file or folder. To access special permissions, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click the file or folder and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

2. Click the Security tab, and then click Advanced.

   • To add a user or group, click Add. Supply the name of the user or group. Click OK to open the Permission Entry dialog box.

   • To view or modify existing special permissions, select the name of the user or group and click Edit.

   • To remove special permissions, select the name of the user or group and click Remove. If the Remove button is unavailable, clear the check box for Allow Inheritable Permissions From Parent To Propagate To This Object, and skip to Step 6.

3. In the Permission Entry dialog box (Figure 10-9), select where you want the permissions applied in the Apply Onto box. (See Table 10-4 and Table 10-5 for explanations of the choices in this drop-down box.) Apply Onto is available when configuring folders only. You can choose to apply permissions to all the files in the folder, but different settings for different files require configuring each file separately.

   
   Figure 10-9: Setting special permissions for a folder.

4. In Permissions, select Allow or Deny for each permission.

5. To prevent subfolders and files from inheriting these permissions, select Apply These Permissions To Objects And/Or Containers Within This Container Only.

6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

In the Permission Entry dialog box for folders, you can choose how and where the special permissions are applied. Table 10-4 and Table 10-5 demonstrate the application of the special permissions depending on whether Apply These Permissions To Objects And/Or Containers Within This Container Only is selected.

Table 10-4: Application of special permissions when Apply These Permissions To Objects And/Or Containers Within This Container Only is selected

Selected in Apply Onto	Applies to Current Folder?	Applies to Subfolders in Current Folder?	Applies to Files in Current Folder?	Applies to Subsequent Subfolders?	Applies to Files in Subsequent Subfolders?
This folder only	Yes	No	No	No	No
This folder, subfolders and files	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
This folder and subfolders	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
This folder and files	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Subfolders and files only	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Subfolders only	No	Yes	No	No	No
Files only	No	No	Yes	No	No

Table 10-5: Application of special permissions when Apply These Permissions To Objects And/Or Containers Within This Container Only is not selected

Selected in Apply Onto	Applies to Current Folder?	Applies to Subfolders in Current Folder?	Applies to Files in Current Folder?	Applies to Subsequent Subfolders?	Applies to Files in Subsequent Subfolders?
This folder only	Yes	No	No	No	No
This folder, subfolders, and files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
This folder and subfolders	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
This folder and files	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Subfolders and files only	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Subfolders only	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Files only	No	No	Yes	No	Yes

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