Folder or File checked to inherit from parent

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(imported topic written by MrFixit)

How do you check to see if a folder or file (child object) is inheriting from parent the permission entites?

I’ve been able to compare the get the dacls of the security descriptors and compare to what I’m expecting but not been able to confirm that these are being inherited from parent as expected.

thanks,

-Gary

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Check here:

http://support.bigfix.com/cgi-bin/inspectorsearch/single_inspector.cgi?keyphrase=inheritance+of+%26lt%3Baccess+control+entry%26gt%3B&type=access+control+entry&win=WinSkip&lin=LinSkip&hpux=HPUXSkip&mac=MacSkip&aix=AIXSkip&sol=SolSkip&client=1&core=1&session=1&regex=1

Windows file permission inheritance stuff is quite complex so good luck…

Ben

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(imported comment written by MrFixit)

I ran across that in the documentation and have tried to get that to work in the debugger without any luck. I was hoping to get an example from someone to get me past my immediate brain freeze.

There clearly isn’t a simple way to check to see if the inherit permissions from parent check box is checked or not, and since I’m dealing with several hundred systems I would prefer to not to resort to manual. I’ll continue to try it and if I get something working I’ll post what I came up with.

This doesn’t appear to be something that others have had to do or they have resorted to other ways to get it done.

-Gary