TESTING NTFS PERMISSIONSIN THIS EXERCISE, YOU CREATE A FILE IN A SUBFO...

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The file or folder retains the original permissions.

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You must have the Write permission for the destination folder to move files and

folders into it.

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You must have the Modify permission for the source file or folder. The Modify per-

mission is required to move a file or folder because Windows 2000 deletes the file

or folder from the source folder after it is copied to the destination folder.

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You become the creator and owner.

Facts to Know About Moving Between NTFS Volumes

When you move a file or folder between NTFS volumes, note the following:

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The file or folder inherits the permissions of the destination folder.

mission is required to move a file or folder because Windows XP Professional

deletes the file or folder from the source folder after it is copied to the destination

folder.

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Security Alert When you move files or folders to FAT volumes, the folders and files lose

their NTFS permissions because FAT volumes do not support NTFS permissions.

Exam Tip When you move files or folders within an NTFS volume, permissions that have

been directly assigned to the file or folder carry over to the new location. In all other cases of

moving and copying, existing permissions are lost, and the object will inherit permissions

from the new parent. When moving to a FAT volume, permissions are lost entirely.

How to Troubleshoot Common Permissions Problems

Table 8-7 describes some common permissions problems that you might encounter

and provides solutions that you can use to try to resolve these problems.

Table 8-7

Permissions Problems and Troubleshooting Solutions

Problem Solution

If the file or folder was copied or moved to another NTFS

A user cannot gain access to a

volume, the permissions might have changed.

file or folder.

Check the permissions that are assigned to the user

account and to groups to which the user belongs. The user

might not have permission, or might be denied access

either individually or as a member of a group.

You add a user account to a

For access permissions to be updated to include the new

group to which you have added the user account, the user

group to give that user access to a

file or folder, but the user still

must either log off and then log on again, or close all net-

work connections to the computer on which the file or

cannot gain access.

folder resides, and then make new connections.

A user with Full Control permis-

You have to clear the special access permission, the Delete

sion to a folder deletes a file in

Subfolders And Files check box, for that folder to prevent

the folder, although that user

users with Full Control of the folder from being able to

does not have permission to

delete files in it.

delete the file itself. You want to

stop the user from being able to

delete more files.

Practice: Managing NTFS Permissions

In this practice, you will observe the effects of taking ownership of a file. Then you will

determine the effects of permission and ownership when you copy or move files.

Finally, you will determine what happens when a user with Full Control permission to

a folder has been denied all access to a file in that folder but attempts to delete the file.

Complete the following two exercises, and answer any questions that are asked. You

can find answers to these questions in the “Questions and Answers” section at the end

of this chapter.

Important To successfully complete this practice, you must have completed all exercises

in the Lesson 2 practice.