XP - View what folders Groups have been assigned to?

Makhaira

Makhaira

Makhaira

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I suspect this is an easy question, but I am ignorant...

On an XP/Server 2003 Domain based network, how can I see where a group has been assigned?

To explain...

Once I have created a security group, which I have added users to, I can then assign that group to various folders - over the course of time this will grow, and I want to be able to review which folders a group has been assigned to, in order to maintain an understanding of what users can access what locations.

Is there a way of easily seeing the folder locations that a Group Policy can access?

Cheers!
 
I don't know of an easy one. When I was doing this work I decided the right way to do it was to nest groups. If this was wrong... we didn't have any competent mentors to tell us otherwise.

Group A is populated with all the people you want to grant access to.
Policy states that Group A can NOT be assigned rights directly to the ACL of any folder.
Group B is assigned rights to folder B. Add Group A to the membership of Group B.
Group C is assigned rights to folder C. Add Group A to the membership of Group C.
etc.

This way you look at the groups that A is a Member Of to see what folders everyone has access to.
 
I agree with your thinking, but this isn't a preventative step I'm afraid, this tangled mess has already occurred, and I want to figure out the easiest way to get an overview of it to tidy things up!
 
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