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"It's not just a metaphor to say that NetVision acts like another United Bank employee. Because we're a bank, our audit staff comes from a financial background. Rather than hire a technology auditor, NetVision plays the very critical role of providing clear reports about access rights and user behavior without requiring non-technical auditors to sift through system logs or other technical jargon. NetVision actually eliminated the need to hire another employee."

- Steven Piubeni
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Windows File System Permissions

Quick Reference



This table lists the Windows File System permissions and how they are applied to folders and files.



Permission Folders Files
Full Control All Permissions All Permissions
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Traverse Folder/
Execute File
View Contents
Allows or denies the user from moving through folders to reach other files or folders (even if the user has no permissions on the traversed folders).
NOTE: Traverse Folder takes effect only when the group or user is not granted the Bypass Traverse Checking right, which is granted by default to the everyone group.
Execute or Open
NOTE: If you set the Traverse Folder permission on a folder, the Execute File permission is not auto-set on files in that folder.
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List Folder/Read Data View Contents Open File
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Read Attributes View Attributes
ex) read-only, hidden
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Read Extended Attributes View Extended Attributes
Defined by programs and vary by program
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Create Files/Write Data Create Files Within Modify File
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Create Folders/Append Data Create Folders Within Append File
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Write Attributes Change Attributes
ex) read-only, hidden
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Write Extended Attributes Change Extended Attributes
(Defined by programs and vary by program)
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Delete Subfolders and Files Delete Files or Folders n/a
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Delete Delete Folder Delete File
Permission above applies
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Read Permissions View Permissions
ex) Full Control, Read, and Write
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Change Permissions Change Permissions
ex) Full Control, Read, and Write
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Take Ownership Make Self Owner
Owner can change permissions on it, regardless of any existing permissions that protect the file or folder.


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