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MathewC
Asked: 2013-08-02 09:54:08 +0800 CST

Tool to see nested permissions?

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Here's the situation. Often I need to tell how a user is getting access to a specific folder. I can see in "Effective permissions" that they have read/write/etc, but because of nested groups I can't immediately tell why.

I'd like a tool/script that I can run that will take the input of a path, and user and tell me how that user has permissions.

Example.

I'm on Server01 and I browse to c:\folder and I see that user MathewC has effective permissions to write, but when I look at the permissions for the folder, I can see that many groups have access to write, but I don't know which of those groups MathewC is a memeber of.

So, the permissions of the folder would look like this:

C:\folder

  • Group 01 Read/Write
  • Group 02 Read/Write
  • Group 03 Read/Write ...
  • Group 99 Read/Write

And the tool/script would report back

User MathewC is a memeber of "Group 42" which has Read/Write access.

Or even more complex:

User MathewC is a memeber of "Group humans" which is a member of "Group 42" which has Read/Write access.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Technically this question (and this answer) are Off-Topic as "shopping" but I'll try and help you out.

    You should be able to use Chris' NTFS Permissions Reporter to do what you need. I've been using it for a while now.

    NTFS Permissions Reporter

    The free one can basically do what you are asking.

    For instance, you can ask about a specific folder like: "\server01\share\folder\subfolder" and set the options as below:

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    Then after the report runs, you can click on one of the users in the results pane to see how they got their effective permissions and from what Group.

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    Hope that helps.

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