Guest Jason Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 In the process of purging our file system, my boss recently took an ex-employee's folder and moved it into a subfolder of her protected folder. The folder was initially setup to inherit permissions from the top level of the shared drive and was open to everyone. The folder it was dragged into was created under a folder that is restricted to my boss and the administrator. Somehow, after it was dragged over, we were completely locked out of it. I remedied the problem by taking ownership and adding the correct permissions, but am wondering if anyone knows why this happened and how we can avoid it in the future?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 Re: Folder Permissions Changed After Moving to a New Location Hello Jason, Moving a folder will keep the permissions and copying will use the permissions configured if the disk/volume is the same. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > In the process of purging our file system, my boss recently took an > ex-employee's folder and moved it into a subfolder of her protected > folder. > > The folder was initially setup to inherit permissions from the top > level of the shared drive and was open to everyone. The folder it was > dragged into was created under a folder that is restricted to my boss > and the administrator. > > Somehow, after it was dragged over, we were completely locked out of > it. I remedied the problem by taking ownership and adding the correct > permissions, but am wondering if anyone knows why this happened and > how we can avoid it in the future? >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 Re: Folder Permissions Changed After Moving to a New Location Jason <Jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > In the process of purging our file system, my boss recently took an > ex-employee's folder and moved it into a subfolder of her protected > folder. > > The folder was initially setup to inherit permissions from the top > level of the shared drive and was open to everyone. The folder it was > dragged into was created under a folder that is restricted to my boss > and the administrator. > > Somehow, after it was dragged over, we were completely locked out of > it. I remedied the problem by taking ownership and adding the correct > permissions, but am wondering if anyone knows why this happened and > how we can avoid it in the future? If you move, instead of copy, it will bring over the prior permissions. You did the right thing.
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