To view effective permissions on files and folders.
1. | Open Windows Explorer, and then locate the file or folder for which you would like to view effective permissions. |
2. | Right-click the file or folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. |
3. | Click Advanced, and then click the Effective Permissions tab. |
4. | Click the Select button. |
5. | In Name, enter the name of a user or group and then click OK. The selected check boxes indicate the effective permissions of the user or group for that file or folder. |
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| • | To open Windows Explorer, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer. If you are not joined to a domain and want to view the Security tab, see To display the Security tab The Everyone group will always be included as long as the selected user or group is not a member of the Anonymous Logon. In Windows XP Professional, the Everyone group no longer includes Anonymous Logon. The calculation does not take these Security Identifiers into account: Anonymous Logon, Authenticated Users, Batch, Creator Group, Creator Owner, Dialup, Enterprise Domain Controllers, Everyone, Network, Proxy, Restricted, Self, Service, System, and Terminal Server User. An example would be if a user were to access a file remotely. The Effective Permissions tab shows information that is calculated from the existing permissions entries. Therefore, the information displayed on that page is read-only and does not support changing a user's permissions by selecting or clearing permission check boxes. Permissions are set only on drives formatted to use NTFS |