When you copy a file from one NTFS to another?

Did you ever move a file or folder to another location within the same volume and wonder why it didn’t inherit the NTFS permissions of the new parent folder? That’s because this behaviour is by design.

Microsoft states: „When an object is moved within the same volume, the object preserves its permissions by default.“ and „When you copy or move an object to another volume, the object inherits the permissions of its new folder.“

You can change either behaviour with a simple registry modification. As always make sure you have a backup of your registry before proceeding.

If you want your moved files and folders to always inherit the NTFS permission of their new parent folder, add this value:

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When you copy a file from one NTFS file system partition to a different NTFS partition, what happens to the file permissions of the copied file?
A. They are the combined permissions of the original file and destination folder
B. They inherit the permissions of the destination folder
C. They remain the same as the original
D. They most restrictive permissions are applied

Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
References: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/320246/inherited-permissions-are-not-automatically-updated-when-you-move-fold

When you copy a file from one NTFS to another?

When you drag files from one folder to another with different permissions, the permissions from the previous folder follow the file. Then, when someone tries to open the file in the new folder, they do not have permission to open the file.

RESOLUTION

This has nothing to do with WAFS/CDP; it is the built in Windows behavior for NTFS volumes. When you copy or move a file or folder on an NTFS volume, how Windows Explorer handles the permissions on the object varies, depending on whether the object is copied or moved within the same NTFS volume or to a different volume. When moving files, Windows keeps the original file permissions if you are moving files to a location within the same volume. If you copy and paste or move a file to a different volume, it will be assigned the permissions of the destination folder.

Microsoft has a fix for this situation. (This is a per-system fix.)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310316

You can modify how Windows Explorer handles permissions when objects are copied or moved to another NTFS volume. When you copy or move an object to another volume, the object inherits the permissions of its new folder. However, if you want to modify this behavior to preserve the original permissions, modify the registry as follows.

When you copy or move NTFS files, the permissions that have been set for those files might change. The following points should be remebered while moving or copying a file.

• If you move a file from one folder to another folder on the same NTFS volume, the file will retain the original NTFS permissions.

• If you move a file from one folder to another folder between different NTFS volumes, the file is treated as a copy and will have the same permissions as the destination folder.

• If you copy a file from one folder to another folder (on the same volume or on a different volume), the file will have the same permissions as the destination folder.

• FAT partitions cannot hold permission details and if you copy or move a folder or file to a FAT partition, it will not retain any NTFS permissions.

When copying or moving a file or folder, the permissions may change depending on where you move the file or folder.

Copying Files and Folders

When copying folder or files from one folder to another folder or from one partition to another partition, permissions for this files or folders may change.

  1. When copying a folder or file within same NTFS partition, the copy of the folder or file inherits the destination folder permissions.
  2. When copying a folder or file between different NTFS partitions, the copy of the folder or file inherits the destination folder permissions.
  3. When copying folders or files to non NTFS partitions such as File Allocation Table (FAT), the files or folders will lose their all NTFS permissions.

Note: To copy folders and files within same NTFS partition or between NTFS partitions, you must have read permissions for the originating folders and for the destination folder you should have write permission.

Moving Files and Folders

When moving a file or a folder, permissions may get changed depending on the destination folder permissions.

  1. When moving a file to a folder within the same NTFS partition, the folder or file will retains its original permissions.
  2. When moving a folder or file between different NTFS partitions, the file or folder will inherit the destination folder permissions.
  3. When moving files to folders on NTFS partitions to non NTFS partitions the folders and files will lose their all NTFS permissions, as NTFS permissions are not supported by non NTFS partitions.
    When you copy a file from one NTFS to another?

Note: To move folders and files within an NTFS partitions you must have both permissions, for the destination folder you should have write permission and modify permissions for source file or folder to configure the options. You need to have modified permission for folder or file to move as Windows 2000 will remove the file or folder from the main folder after copying it to the folder destination.

When you copy a file from one NTFS file system partition to a different NTFS partition what happens to the file permissions of the copied file?

You can modify how Windows Explorer handles permissions when objects are copied or moved to another NTFS volume. When you copy or move an object to another volume, the object inherits the permissions of its new folder.

What will happen if you copy the file to a different folder on the same NTFS partition?

Moving Files and Folders When moving a file to a folder within the same NTFS partition, the folder or file will retains its original permissions. When moving a folder or file between different NTFS partitions, the file or folder will inherit the destination folder permissions.

What happens when a file is copied?

In digital file management, copying is a file operation that creates a new file which has the same content as an existing file.

What happens when a folder with NTFS permissions is copied to a shared folder on a fat volume?

What happens when a folder with NTFS permissions is copied to shared folder on a FAT volume? The folder inherits the share permissions, but loses the NTFS permissions.