[Nostaligia mode on] Netware: Right click on target folder add user & set permissions click OK done. No worries about access/visibility of files folders higher in the tree. [Nostalgia mode off]
Bud Durland | Director of Information Technology Direct: 518.324.4850 | Cell: 518.726.0967 | Fax: 518.561.0017 | [email protected] 1 Plant St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:51 To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Accessing only a lower level folder in a share It's been so long since I've had to do this, I need a check. I'm doing something fundamentally wrong, I think. We use groups to set share/ACLs on folders. I got a request to share a 4th level sub-folder with other employees not in the ACL. So what I have is: Folder A1 (shared) -->>B2 -->>C3 -->> D4 (this is the one I want to allow access to) Now, the share permissions on A1 is for DevelopmentGroup, and the NTFS permissions are the same. Those permissions just flow down to B2, C3 and D4 (i.e., normal inheritance). Now, I'm pretty sure the only way to allow access to only D4, and not allow access to B2 and C3 or even see files there, is to enable ABE. But I've never done that, and am leery of enabling it in production, without a whole more testing and forethought (I shudder to think of all the help desk calls, if I get something wrong). Am I correct that only ABE will do what I am thinking of (allow access only to D4 and hide contents of A1, B2, C3)? Barring ABE, there's nothing I can do, short of granting a new group access to D4, and living with the consequences? Thoughts? At this point, I want to just add the new group to the NTFS permissions of D4 only, and live with the fact that these new group members can see everything higher up. NOTE -- This message contains legally privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank you.
