There are several tools that can export permissions on an existing directory structure into a text format.
You can then edit that file, and apply it to the new director[y|ies]. My favorite is fileacl.exe, but there are others. Kurt On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:19, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > PS - I even tried setting the permissions on the department folders to > FOLDER ONLY permissions (for applys onto), and the permissions from the > department folder were STILL pushed down to the subfolders underneath it > when I copied the subfolder1 and subfolder2 over (removing the original > permissions of those 2 folders). > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: [email protected] [email protected] > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:16:19 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: NTFS permissions issue > > > > trying to figure out a way to accomplish this... > > I have a folder structure as follows.... > > -department1 > --subfolder1 > --subfolder2 > > -department2 > --subfolder1 > --subfolder2 > > .etc > > The permissions on the subfolders are very specific and they take make > awhile to set up. Each time I create a new department folder (and there > are TONS of them) I create the 2 subfolders underneath it and have to > manually set the permissions on them (which is a pain). Is there ANYWAY I > can setup the subfolders so that when I create new department folders, I > can copy another folder's subfolders into the newly created folder, and NOT > have the subfolder's copied permissions get overwritten by the folder > inheritence of the newly created departmental folder? (copying folders > ALWAYS inherits the permissions of the parent folder they are copied to... > and I do NOT have the option to "move" the folder either). > > If I didn't explain this well, please let me know. > J > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
