Which Windows file permission allows you to change permissions of a file or folder?

In this tutorial, you will learn how to change folder permissions on Windows. You can grant special permissions to a group of users to share a file on your network. Each user can have their own unique permission. This helps you manage who can access what throughout all your data.

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Which enables you to change the permissions on a folder?
What are 3 types of permission?
Which type of permission is granted directly to a file or folder?
What is file access permission how can we change permission on files?

*You have to be an administrator to change files and folders permission*

STEP 1

Note: If you are not logged in as an administrator, you will not be able to access most of the permission settings.

STEP 2

Right-click on the file or folder you want to change permissions and select Properties.

Note: You can’t change permissions for files that are currently in use.

STEP 3

Select the Security tab. The list of groups and users that you see have permissions for this folder.

Note: If you don’t have a Security tab, you are trying to change the permissions for a file stored on a USB drive. If your USB drive is formatted with the FAT32 file system: you can’t set permissions for the object. The disk must be using the NTFS file system.

STEP 4

Select the user you want to modify permissions and then click Edit.

STEP 5

To add a new user or group click on Edit and then Add.

STEP 6

Click Advanced and then Find now

STEP 7

Select the user you want to add to the permission list and click OK.

STEP 8

Select the permission you want to give this folder.

Full control – User can read, write, change or delete the file.
Modify – User can read, write and change the file.
Read & execute – User can read or run the selected file.
List folder contents – User can view the files in the selected folder.
Read – User can open the file.
Write – User can edit the file or create new files.

STEP 9

If you can’t change the permission and the area is grayed out. You have to go back to the security tab, click Advanced, and uncheck Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object. Hit Apply and repeat step 8.

Which enables you to change the permissions on a folder?

The chmod command enables you to change the permissions on a file. You must be superuser or the owner of a file or directory to change its permissions.

What are 3 types of permission?

Files and directories can have three types of permissions: read, write, and execute: Someone with read permission may read the contents of a file, or list the contents of a directory. Someone with write permission may modify the contents of a file, including adding, changing, or deleting file contents.

Which type of permission is granted directly to a file or folder?

Permissions assigned directly to a particular file or folder (explicit permissions) take precedence over permissions inherited from a parent folder (inherited permissions).

What is file access permission how can we change permission on files?

Change file permissions To change file and directory permissions, use the command chmod (change mode). The owner of a file can change the permissions for user ( u ), group ( g ), or others ( o ) by adding ( + ) or subtracting ( - ) the read, write, and execute permissions.