i am attaching my company foldering system . recently i changed server 2003 to windows 2008 here i am facing problem of time consuming .i have to go to inside subfolder one by one and have to make permission.because if i select more than one folder i cannot see security tab. inside check in folder there is client ,contractor , supplier , tenants etc in these folder user should not have permission to delete this folder but have to full permission inside this folder please help me to find best time saving way for permission

in these folder user should not have permission to delete this folder but have to full permission inside this folder For this simple option is to use write permission Best regards Dubravko Marak MCP Blog: Windows Server Administration Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. Please VOTE as HELPFUL if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

And for all settings my recomendation is to use security explorer This is 3rd party software but I have great experience with this. http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/security-explorer/Best regards Dubravko Marak MCP Blog: Windows Server Administration Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. Please VOTE as HELPFUL if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

see http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverfiles/thread/dbfa011b-7c27-4e1d-b1a4-f0f8839b2d46 , this feature was removed by design the suggested method to change multiple permissions is using the command line tool icacls (edit: looks like the trailing "," was added to the hyperlink)

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i am attaching my company foldering system . recently i changed server 2003 to windows 2008 here i am facing problem of time consuming .i have to go to inside subfolder one by one and have to make permission.because if i select more than one folder i cannot see security tab. inside check in folder there is client ,contractor , supplier , tenants etc in these folder user should not have permission to delete this folder but have to full permission inside this folder please help me to find best time saving way for permission What you'll need to do is right click on the folder, goto properties. If you look at each permission entry, there are subcategories.... "This Folder Only" "This Folder, Subfolders, and Files" "This Folder and SubFolders" "Subfolders and Files only" "Subfolders only" "Files Only" Security Group > Allow > Read Only > This Folder Only Security Group > Deny > Modify Permissions > This Folder Only (If you do not have a deny set, Event Viewer will not log any attempts to tamper with the folder unless you're logging all file/folder access types.) Security Group Managers > Allow > Full Permissions > Subfolders and Files Only Security Group Employee/contractor > Allow > Read+Modify > Subfolders and Files Only Security Group Employee/contractor > Deny > Delete > Subfolders and Files Only (Prevents other users from deleting each others work accidentally, except managers) Creator Owner > Allow > Full Permissions > Subfolders and Files Only (Allows the origional owner and manager full permissions for delete) Best Regards, Steve Kline Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Active Directory, Network Infrastructure, Application Platform, Windows 7 Microsoft Certified Product Specialist & Network Product Specialist Red Hat Certified System Administrator Microsoft® Community Contributor Award 2011 This posting is "as is" without warranties and confers no rights.

i am attaching my company foldering system . recently i changed server 2003 to windows 2008 here i am facing problem of time consuming .i have to go to inside subfolder one by one and have to make permission.because if i select more than one folder i cannot see security tab. inside check in folder there is client ,contractor , supplier , tenants etc in these folder user should not have permission to delete this folder but have to full permission inside this folder please help me to find best time saving way for permission What you'll need to do is right click on the folder, goto properties. If you look at each permission entry, there are subcategories.... "This Folder Only" "This Folder, Subfolders, and Files" "This Folder and SubFolders" "Subfolders and Files only" "Subfolders only" "Files Only" Security Group > Allow > Read Only > This Folder Only Security Group > Deny > Modify Permissions > This Folder Only (If you do not have a deny set, Event Viewer will not log any attempts to tamper with the folder unless you're logging all file/folder access types.) Security Group Managers > Allow > Full Permissions > Subfolders and Files Only Security Group Employee/contractor > Allow > Read+Modify > Subfolders and Files Only Security Group Employee/contractor > Deny > Delete > Subfolders and Files Only (Prevents other users from deleting each others work accidentally, except managers) Creator Owner > Allow > Full Permissions > Subfolders and Files Only (Allows the origional owner and manager full permissions for delete) Best Regards, Steve Kline Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Active Directory, Network Infrastructure, Application Platform, Windows 7 Microsoft Certified Product Specialist & Network Product Specialist Red Hat Certified System Administrator Microsoft® Community Contributor Award 2011 This posting is "as is" without warranties and confers no rights.