Microsoft KB Archive/148437

= Default NTFS Permissions in Windows NT =

Article ID: 148437

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q148437



SUMMARY
This article lists default permissions of an drive that has been formatted to NTFS for the first time.



MORE INFORMATION
The following lists default NTFS permissions on common Windows NT directories on drive C:

C:\-

administrators- full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\msapps and -

administrators- full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\repair-

everyone - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32-

administrators- full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\config-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - List (rx)

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\dhcp-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers and -

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\lls-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\os2 and -

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\ras

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change (rwxd)

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\repl

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\repl\export

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\repl\export\scripts-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

replicator - change (rwxd)

server operators - change (rwxd)

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\repl\import and -

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

replicator - change (rwxd)

server operators - change (rwxd)

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone- change (rwxd)

print operators - full control

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

print operators - full control

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone- read (rx)

print operators - full control

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\1-

everyone - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\printers-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone- read (rx)

print operators - full control

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\prtprocs and -

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

print operators - full control

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\%SystemRoot%\system32\wins-

everyone - full control

C:\win32app-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - read (rx)

server operators - full control

system - full control

C:\users-

account operators - special (rwxd)

administrators - special (rwxd)

everyone - list (rx)

system - full control

C:\users\default-

creator/owner - full control

everyone - special (rwx)

system - full control

C:\temp-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

Any other directories-

administrators - full control

creator/owner - full control

everyone - change

server operators - change

system - full control

NOTE: These permissions do not apply to a drive that is converted to NTFS using the CONVERT utility. A converted NTFS drive consists of all files and directories with Everyone- Full Control as the default permission.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

244600 Default NTFS Permissions in Windows 2000

Additional query words: prodnt directory

Keywords: KB148437

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