Report alternate path perms (Windows)

Module: File System Entitlement

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008

Enable this check to report the effective share permissions for shares specified in enabled templates and to report total effective permissions for folders when either is accessed through an alternate share path. The alternate share may be a shared parent folder, or an alternate share name for the same folder.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Report alternate path perms

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: FE_SHARE_PERMS

Category: ESM Error

  • Windows 2000 (109854)

  • Windows 2003 (209854)

  • Windows 2008 (252854)

Title: Share effective permissions

Description:The specified user has the listed effective permissions for the share. These permissions do not take into account any local permission the user may have to folders on the share. If the user inherits these permissions, then the inheritance trail to the group granting the permissions is also displayed.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: FE_TOTAL_PERMS

Category: ESM Error

  • Windows 2000 (109855)

  • Windows 2003 (209855)

  • Windows 2008 (252855)

Title: Total effective permissions

Description:The specified user has the listed total effective permissions for the folder. These permissions are those available to the user when the folder is accessed through the reported share. If the user inherits these permissions, then the inheritance trail to the group granting the permissions is also displayed.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]