Difficult folder permission issue

[tom11011]

Hopefully someone has a tip here because I am at a loss as how to handle this.

Our fileserver has been setup with a root folder on the c drive that makes up the basis of all other folders.

this folder in the root of c: has the following permissions. Domain admins full and everyone list.

All folders within this folder are set to not inherit permissions, they simply have a group assigned.

It turns out that we need to add a user account for sharepoint to be able to index the entire structure for it's search function.

If I add the sharepoint user, it only has permissions to the root folder, nothing below since there is no inheritance. If I decide to force inheritance, it will wipe out all perms set on the sub folder.

Is there a way around this? Essentially a way to push a single user down to all folders without wiping out the sub folder perms?

thanks.

 

[DTracy]

Add the user name to all the folders under the root folder that a specific client needs access to. If it is just one folder with subfolders, in permissions of that main folder select apply to subfolders.

This sounds a little convoluted but it works for me, try a test on a workstation with a similar folder structure and you will see what I mean.

David

 

[tom11011]

There are about 100 subfolders under root, that's the problem.

 

[tchamplin]

How about creating a group and making it a member of all the other groups that currently have permissions on the subs and then making your sharepoint user the only member of the new group.

 

[technome]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825751

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[matrix101]

you could also highlight all the folders then just right, properties, security and add the user with the appropriate permissions.