#Mac utility to reset file permissions full
#Mac utility to reset file permissions windows

The root cause of this problem is that multiple users have Full Control NTFS permissions on the root folder. Unless I get folder ownership, I canвЂ™t add or modify anybody or myself on the folder access control list. I immediately got the following warning messages: If I click here Yes now, all existing permissions will be destroyed by granting me full control (in addition to ownership) which is not the objective here. The administratorВ can take folder ownership forcefully with the replace permissions option, but this will destroy existing file server permissions, which is not desirable. I donвЂ™t have access to view the folder NTFS permissions, but I am able to view share permissions, and share permissions are full control for everyone. I went to folder properties, and it shows me that folder is empty, when in reality the folder is not empty, but I donвЂ™t have permission to view folder size. They are unable to see the folder owner and are unable to access the folder as well and hence they are unable to handle file server access. The domain level trust is already in place.ДЇor many folders, administrators donвЂ™t have even read access and canвЂ™t even check folder ACL.

The file server is part of one domain and since they have acquired another company, we have to grant the second company's users (another domain) appropriate rights to the file server data. All shared folder access is granted on per user basis and no groups are defined, causing the folder access control list (ACL) to become exhausted.

#Mac utility to reset file permissions windows

The client has 1800 users and one Windows Server 2008 R2 domain joined file server with 12 TB of data, 250+ shared folders and the folder structure is five levels deep. Recently I have fixed file server permission issues for one of my client. The article demonstrates use of Subinacl and SetACL tools over Takeown built-in utility to resolve file / folder ownership and access issues seamlessly Microsoft has provided native tools like icacls.exe OR takeown.exe to fix ownership issues but these utilities are not that effective as compared to Subinacl or SetACL. Majority of issues happens because of uneven folder ownership.

These issues are caused by improper / unplanned NTFS permissions model. I have seen many questions on Experts-Exchange regarding NTFS file folder access issues.