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- DOCUMENT:Q102024 18-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :File Permissions Inherited from Directory When Copied
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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- In Windows NT with the NTFS file system, files may lose their
- permission settings depending on the way they are manipulated. If a
- file is COPIED from directory A to directory B, the file will inherit
- the permissions of directory B. If same file is MOVED from directory A
- to directory B, the file will retain its original permissions from
- directory A. This behavior is by design.
-
- For example, the file TEST.TXT in the DOCS directory has its
- permissions set to Administrators=Full Control. TEST.TXT is copied to
- the TEMP directory. TEMP has permissions set to Everyone=Full Control.
- Everyone now has full control of the TEST.TXT file in the TEMP
- directory. If the file was moved from DOCS to TEMP, rather than
- copied, it would have kept its original permissions. Only the
- Administrators would have full control of the file.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10 filesys
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- KBSubcategory: SCRTY
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