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NTFS permissions apply to users who are logged on to the server locally; share permissions don’t. Unlike NTFS permissions, share permissions allow you to restrict the number of concurrent connections to a shared folder. Share permissions are configured in the “Advanced Sharing” properties in the “Permissions” settings.
What type of permissions does someone set if they want to control access to individual files?
There are three types of share permissions: Full Control, Change, and Read.
- Full Control: Enables users to “read,” “change,” as well as edit permissions and take ownership of files.
- Change: Change means that user can read/execute/write/delete folders/files within share.
What to do if share permission does not work?
Nothing else. Share permissions will ALWAYS be Everyone > Full Control (unless there is a specific need that the share must stay read only). Grant access based on groups, not individuals, and not groups that individuals are a part of (eg Sales Department). Create a nested group Access Control List (ACL) Structure.
You can give people permissions to the site by adding individual users, security groups, or Microsoft 365 groups to one of the three SharePoint groups. (Nested security groups can cause performance issues and are not recommended.)
The Everyone group is apparently useless when it comes to Share Permissions and does not grant the appropriate permissions to Everyone. I can only suspect this is because Shared Permissions has only three options – Read, Write, and Full Control.
Why are group permissions not updated in SharePoint?
This may due to the fact that Sharepoint imports the group membership information from Active Directory on a regular basis. the Frequency depends on configuration of your User Profile Synchronization service in central Admin. Profile synchronization is described nicely here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg188041.aspx#groups