What can a directory have as a child?
A directory can contain files, and other directories. A directory contained within another is called the child of the other. A directory in the filesystem tree may have many children, but it can only have one parent.
How do I restrict SFTP to a directory in Windows?
To make this simple:
- Make a Windows group with all your SFTP users in it.
- Make sure, this group has access to your target directorie(s)
- Add subsystem sftp internal-sftp to your sshd_config (or change it)
- Restrict the new group to a directory through ChrootDirectory in sshd_config.
How to restrict other user access to folders in Windows?
If you don’t want other users on your system to access a folder, you can change folder permissions to restrict user access to folders. One of the best things about the Windows folders is that they give you granular control over folder permissions. Using those permissions, you can control whether a user can access a folder and its content or not.
What do you mean by permissions in Active Directory?
Permissions in Active Directory are access privileges that you grant to users and groups that permit them to interact with objects. An administrator assigns permissions to a user or a group so that they can access or manage a folder.
Can a child folder inherit permissions from a parent?
Protected permissions: a child folder does not inherit permissions from the parent. Changes to the parent do not affect the child. Fixing broken inheritance is simple. All you have to do is open the permissions settings for the broken folder and remove or add the permissions to make the ACL match the parent.
How does permission propagation work in a folder?
Permissions propagation also works for new folders. If someone creates Folder C as a child of either Folder A or B, User has Read access to Folder C. Inheritance is another term for permissions propagation. In the above example, we can also say Folder B is inheriting permissions from Folder A.