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220-1102 · Question #722

A company uses shared drives as part of a workforce collaboration process. To ensure the correct access permissions, inheritance at the top-level folder is assigned to each department. A manager's…

The correct answer is D. Turn off inheritance on the requested folder only, set the requested permissions, and then turn on. The correct approach is to break (disable) inheritance on just the specific confidential folder, configure the explicit permissions needed for only the immediate team, and then re-enable inheritance so that those new permissions flow down to all subfolders and files within it…

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A company uses shared drives as part of a workforce collaboration process. To ensure the correct access permissions, inheritance at the top-level folder is assigned to each department. A manager's team is working on confidential material and wants to ensure only the immediate team can view a specific folder and its subsequent files and subfolders. Which of the following actions should the technician most likely take?

Options

  • ATurn off inheritance on the requested folder only and set the requested permissions to each file
  • BTurn off inheritance at the top-level folder and remove all inherited permissions.
  • CTurn off inheritance at the top-level folder and set permissions to each file and subfolder
  • DTurn off inheritance on the requested folder only, set the requested permissions, and then turn on

How the community answered

(58 responses)
  • A
    14% (8)
  • B
    5% (3)
  • C
    3% (2)
  • D
    78% (45)

Explanation

The correct approach is to break (disable) inheritance on just the specific confidential folder, configure the explicit permissions needed for only the immediate team, and then re-enable inheritance so that those new permissions flow down to all subfolders and files within it. This is a targeted change that doesn't disrupt the rest of the department's inherited permissions. Option A incorrectly sets permissions per-file rather than letting inheritance handle subfolders. Options B and C affect the top-level folder, which would disrupt permissions for the entire department. Option D is the surgical, least-impact solution.

Topics

#File Permissions#NTFS Permissions#Inheritance#Access Control

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