Name: Rohan Konde

Roll No:52

Experiment No. 4

Topic: Apply security to file folder or application using access permissions

and verify

Steps to Assign File/Folder Permissions

1. Go to “Start Menu” ➔ “Administrative Tools”, and click “Group Policy Management”

to access its console.
2. In left panel of “Group Policy Management Console”, you have to create a new
Group Policy Object or edit an existing Group Policy Object.
3. To create a new GPO, right click “Group Policy Objects”, and select “New” from the
context menu. It shows “New GPO” window.

Figure 1: Creating a new GPO

4. Enter a name for the Group Policy Object (GPO) (in this case it is Assigning
Folder Permissions), leave “Source Starter GPO” as “(none)”.
5. Right-click on the newly created “User Folder Permissions” GPO, and select “Edit
GPO”. Group Policy Management Editor window appears on the screen
6. Navigate to “Computer Configuration” ➔ “Policies” ➔ “Windows Settings” ➔
“Security Settings” ➔ “File System”
 Figure 2: Navigate to File System
7. Right-click on “File System” in the left pane and select “Add File…” It shows the

following dialog box. Figure 3: Select

file or folder
which you want to assign permissions on
8. Browse the folder or file that you wish to assign permissions on, and left click to select it.
Click “OK”.
9. “Database Security” window appears on the screen

Figure 4: Database security window

10. Click “Advanced” button to access “Advanced Security Settings” window. Stay on
the “Permissions” tab that appears by default.

Figure 5: Advanced security settings window

11. On this tab, either select an existing user and click “Edit…” or click “Add…” to add a
new user to the permissions.
12. “Permissions Entry for…” dialog box opens up. Here, you will see that there is a list of
permissions available for your users, and you can also choose where you want to apply those
permissions.

Figure 6: Permissions entry folders

13. Use the drop-down menu in the “Apply to” field to assign selected permissions to desired
folders.
14. Check the permissions as needed. These are self-explanatory.
15. Click “OK” to apply the permissions. It takes you back to “Advanced Security” window.
16. Now, move to the “Auditing” tab. Under this tab, you can do audit settings for the folder, so
that any change done to this folder or its permission will be audited. Configure the auditing
settings as per requirement.
17. Similarly, you can do ownership settings for the folder under “Owner” tab.
18. Once you have done “Permission”, “Auditing” and “Ownership” settings, click “OK”
to close “Advanced Security…” window.
19. Click “OK” to close “Database Security…” window. Next, you will see “Add Object”
window.

20. Figure 7: Add object window

21. There are three options on the “Add Object” window:
a. Configure this file or folder then: Select this option to apply the settings. It contains
the following two options.
i. Propagate inheritable permissions to all subfolders and files: Selecting this
option means, all the subfolders and files will inherit permissions from the parent
folder. In case of a mismatch or conflict, explicit permissions that were assigned
to the subfolders or files will override the inherited permissions.
ii. Replace existing permissions on all subfolders and files with inheritable
permissions: This option will overwrite all the settings on all subfolders and files
with the ones on the parent, so ultimately they will have identical permissions to the
parent folder.
b. Do not allow permissions on this file or folder to be replaced: Use this setting for
subfolders and files that you do not want to inherit permissions. For this, make an
additional entry for those subfolders and files that will not inherit permissions e.g. let’s
say you want the “A” folder to inherit permission but don’t want “B” folder to inherit
permissions, in that case create an entry for the “B” folder.
NOTE: In this case, option “a” has been selected. Click “OK” to close the “Add Object”
window.

22. Close “Group Policy Management Editor” window.

23. Right-click the domain you want to apply this GPO to, and then select “Link
an Existing GPO…” option from the context menu. “Select GPO” window
opens up.

Figure 8: Select the new GPO

24. Select the new “Assigning Folder Permissions” GPO, then click OK.
25. In the right pane, stay on the “Linked Group Policy Objects” tab that appears by
default.
26. Right-click on the “Assigning Folder Permissions”, and select “Enforced” from
the context menu. A confirmation message appears on the screen.
27. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.