An object-specific ACE offers a greater degree of control over the types of child objects that can inherit them. For example, an OU (Organizational Unit) object's ACL can have an object-specific ACE that is marked for inheritance only by User objects.

Jan 7, 2021 · Likewise, a file in an NTFS file system can inherit ACEs from the directory that contains it. The ACE_HEADER structure of an ACE contains a set of inheritance flags that control ACE inheritance and the effect of an ACE on the object to which it is attached.

On a Windows system the access to files and folders is set in the NTFS file system. When a user tries to access a file or folder the users access token is compared with the DACL of that file or folder.

Feb 7, 2023 · An access control list (ACL) is a list of access control entries (ACE). Each ACE in an ACL identifies a trustee and specifies the access rights allowed, denied, or audited for that …

Jan 7, 2021 · The SetNamedSecurityInfo and SetSecurityInfo functions support automatic propagation of inheritable access control entries (ACEs). For example, if you use these functions to add an inheritable ACE to a directory in an NTFS, the system applies the ACE as appropriate to the access control lists (ACLs) of any existing subdirectories or files.

To do this, the LSASS searches the DACL (Discretionary Access Control List) in the SDS data stream, looking for ACEs that apply to the thread. Each ACE in the object's DACL specifies the access rights that are allowed or denied for a security principal or logon session.

In this article we will show you how to use Get-Acl and Set-Acl cmdlets when managing NTFS permissions for a file or folder with PowerShell

An ACL is an ordered list of ACEs (Access Control Entries) that define the access attributes that apply to an object and its properties. Each ACE identifies a security principal (user or group account) and specifies a set of access rights that are allowed, denied, or …

Adding DACL (discretionary access control list) access control entries (ACEs) to the NTFS security descriptor is the second step in configuring and applying NTFS ACLs to a file or folder.

Each ACE is a set of attributes that controls whether access is granted or denied, who the ACE applies to, if the ACE was inherited from a parent object, and whether it should be inherited by child objects.