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by kahunanui

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Aloha!
This should really be simple but i just can't seem to understand what is happening here. I think my biggest problem was i never had the chance to really work out the differences between permissions handling of NT4 to Win2k and beyond.

Scenario: XP Pro system partitioned with one for Images from Drive Image (like I:\Images - where Images is the folder where the .pqi files are created and stored. This is all NTFS formated.

I boot up to DOS, run Drive Image and create the image file in above location.

Question: How can i setup the permissions for this folder (starting from the I:\ drive letter) so that after i boot up I can have certain permissions assigned to these files?

I don't fully understand how the inherited process works and since these files are created in DOS would it be different? Couldn't i setup the folder to inherit certain permissions so that after boot/logon whatever files located in that folder would be assigned these permissions? No matter what i do now, after bootup the only permission for the file is SYSTEM. I have disabled Admin shares but i think that doesn't have anything to do with this issue or does it? - please read on.

Another question:

On another system setup similar (except admin shares are enabled) where the files have also only one permission "Everyone" with full control. Now i have actually removed "Everyone" from the I:\ drive and yet where did it come from? I have allowed the inherited permissions to go to the Image folder yet "Everyone" isn't there. How does this happen? I have checked both systems and it appears that the permissions are the same.

Hoping that someone can help me sort this out and i thank everyone in advance for any help!

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by cmiller5400

DOS does not have native NTFS support. Drive Image is assigning the rights (or lack there of) since it is the one providing the NTFS support. If you are an administrator, you should be able to reassign the rights once you log back into Windows.

I would try and repopulate the inherited permissions on the drive. Something may be screwy. You do this in the advanced section of the security tab of the folder. Post back if you need more instruction or help.

by kahunanui

Thank you very much for such a quick response!

Unfortunately, i believe i will need extra help on how to do this. I have been messing around with the advanced tab but can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. The two boxed choices are hard to understand:

Inherit from parent . . . . ?
Replace permission entries . . . ?

I would like the dos drive image created files to be automatically able to have permissions, but not "everyone". I don't have a clue how on one system "Everyone" is full control and only permission assigned, and one other computer "System" is only permission assigned. Is this some kind of voodoo?

I always like to know how and why stuff happens but this is a real mystery. I realize that it is really a minor thing because i can simply assign permissions to the file every time after i log back onto windows. But i want to know why on two systems configured almost identical the initial permissions of the created file are so different. It probably is a simple answer that i can't see.

Thanks for the wonderful help!

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