Windows: Everything about NTFS & Share Permissions

NTFS is Microsoft's Windows file system that stores and retrieves data on storage devices and adds file and folder level security through NTFS permissions.

Explore NTFS permissions on files and folders, including when to apply them at folder level, basic vs advanced permissions, and how deny or owner rights affect access.

Learn to configure basic NTFS permissions on Windows, covering ACL (access control list) and access control entries, inheritance, and testing permissions like read and modify for the Everyone group.

Explore how the delete sub folders and files permission under full control lets users delete folder contents without delete rights, and why avoid granting full control to untrusted users.

Learn how to take ownership of files and folders when needed, using take ownership rights and the administrators group to grant proper NTFS permissions and manage inheritance.

Take ownership of a file by configuring the default domain controllers policy via group policy management, apply a GPO, refresh with gpupdate /force, and verify ownership for a test user.

Explore when to use deny permissions in NTFS, showing that denies take precedence over allows; test by applying explicit deny to a sales group while others retain access.

Explore how NTFS effective permissions are the aggregation of group and explicit permissions, including denials, using the advanced security settings to view and apply changes for a user.

Explore the drop-down menu in permission entries within advanced security settings to apply NTFS permissions to folders, files, and subfolders, including root versus subfolder scopes.

Learn NTFS permission management by enabling or disabling inheritance on folders and files via the advanced security settings, using the reset checkbox to apply changes across items.

Learn how user account control elevates administrator privileges, prompts for consent, and shapes NTFS permissions and file operations.

Discover how NTFS permissions behave when copying or moving files and folders, with destination inheriting from its parent and source permissions lost, and how explicit permissions are affected.

Learn to configure NTFS permissions on files and folders using icacls in command prompt, including grant, deny, remove, and inheritance management, plus backing up and restoring ACLs.

Explore configuring NTFS permissions with PowerShell, viewing and modifying ACL entries, copying permissions between files, and managing inheritance using an NTFS security module from the gallery.

Robocopy mirrors the source folder with all subfolders and files into the destination, preserving NTFS permissions; for comparison, you can also use xcopy with a /all switch.

Learn how the creator owner group automatically assigns permissions to the object's owner, replace owner to control access, and apply allow full control permissions for creators and administrators.

Review default ntfs permissions on ntfs drives and system folders, outline changes since XP, and summarize creator owner, administrators, and users group rights and exceptions.

Configure windows share permissions using the net command and PowerShell, including creating new shares, applying grant permissions, reviewing results, and updating existing shares with set or grant options.

Copy share permissions across Windows by exporting and importing the registry key to migrate or back up share configurations.

Learn dynamic access control for NTFS permissions by using conditions to grant or modify sales group access, with prerequisites including Windows Server 2012+, Windows 8+, and Active Directory domain.