BUG: System Receives Permissions When No Permissions Specified

 Last reviewed: January 20, 1996
Article ID: Q142016
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you copy files into an NTFS directory that has "Access Not Specified" chosen for ALL file-level permissions for ALL users (through "Special File Access..." for the Directory permissions), the expected behavior is that only the file owner should have file permission. However, both the owner and System are given full-control. This happens even though System has no permissions at the directory level.

To see this behavior, no one can have any file permissions in the directory. If anyone has a single permission for the file, then only those permissions are applied to the file. This is expected behavior, and it seems reasonable that if no one has any permissions to the file, then none should be given.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 3.51
KBCategory: kbprg kbbug
KBSubcategory:

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: January 20, 1996
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.