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Inherited permissions and Windows NT4 and a Windows 2000 Server

The inheritance feature is new to Windows 2000. Since you might also have Windows NT4

computers on the network, you should be aware of possible problems that could arise when using

both operating systems on the same network.



Since Windows NT4 doesn't know about the Windows 2000 inheritance model, the ACL Editor (the

dialog box that lists permissions) will show all permissions as normal, just as if they weren't

inherited at all. If you use extended attributes like Deny, you might also see a dialog box that

reminds you about nonstandard information.



As a rule, always try to use the same operating system version to view and change the permissions

created by that operating system. If this isn't possible, you can install a Windows 2000-style ACL

Editor on Windows NT4. The editor is part of the Security Configuration Manager (SCM), which is

available as a free download from the Microsoft Web site. SCM updates the ACL Editor on

Windows NT4 to look and behave similarly to the one on Windows 2000.



You can read more about issues associated with inheritance, the Windows 2000 ACL Editor, and

Windows NT4 in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q287024&

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