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NTFS Permissions Report Tool

The NTFS Permissions report tool is designed to scan Windows shared folders and provide an easy-to-read report of folder permissions. Securing shared folders is critical to ensure your data is not accessed by unauthorized individuals or bad actors. With the NTFS Permissions Tool, you can quickly filter and find insecure folder permissions. Filter by Directory Rights and you can quickly find accounts that have Full Control, Create Files, Modify access, and more. In addition, use the account column to limit the results to specific accounts.

Features:

• Scan local and remote folders
• Scan all folders or enter a folder depth
• Fast and accurate scan folder permissions
• Find everyone group permissions
• Find users and groups that have Full Control access
• See which users have access to what
• Created advanced filters
• Export report to csv, excel or PDF

How to use the NTFS Permissions Report Tool

Step 1. Click on NTFS Permissions from the management tools page.

Step 2. Enter the local or UNC path or click browse.

By default, the tool will scan all sub-folders (0). To limit how many sub-folders deep to scan enter a folder depth.

Step 3. Click run.

To generate the ntfs permissions report click the run button.

The report contains the following columns.

• DirectoryName
• Account
• DirectoryOwner
• DirectoryRights
• Type (Allow or Deny)
• AppliesTo
• IsInherited

Search NTFS Permissions

Use the search box to search for users, groups, specific permissions, or anything from the results grid.

For example, I’ll search for folders that have the everyone group applied to the permissions.

Export NTFS Permissions Report

To export the report, click the export button and choose your format.