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NTFS Permissions for parent folder to make subfolders accessible

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Mar 15, 20266233 views
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Problem

Quick scenario on a local Windows system. Drive is formatted with NTFS has the following layout and permissions: has read/write access to the root directory. has read/write access does NOT have access to does NOT have the ability to alter permissions. Since cannot access and thus cannot list the co…

Error Output

E:\                  (JohnDoe)
E:\folder            (Administrator)
E:\folder\subfolder  (JohnDoe)

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Fix for: NTFS Permissions for parent folder to make subfolders accessible

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NTFS does not provide a method to discover such remote sub-folders within itself, assuming that the intermediary folder is truly no-access. To get such intelligence you have to look beyond just the file-system, perhaps by interrogating other files f…

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