Alright everyone,
So I have an absurd task ahead of me; I need to remove and add groups for permissions to about 40,000 folders... I have gotten through about 4,000, and there just has to be a better/easier/faster way to do this. So what I have been doing is right clicking on the folder, going to the security tab, clicking advanced to disable inheritance and selecting the option to "convert to explicit permissions," then i edit the group names by adding certain groups, and removing certain groups. Each of the folders needs to add a folder specific group, as well as a group that will be added to all folders This is hands down the most tedious and relentless task i have ever undertaken, but it needs to be done. Any of you gurus out there know a way to possibly automate this process using something like Powershell? Would taking ownership of all the files make this process easier? I am using windows server 2012 R2.
Seriously, any help at all would be the greatest thing for me right now.
Thank you all ahead of time,
BKFTA
So I have an absurd task ahead of me; I need to remove and add groups for permissions to about 40,000 folders... I have gotten through about 4,000, and there just has to be a better/easier/faster way to do this. So what I have been doing is right clicking on the folder, going to the security tab, clicking advanced to disable inheritance and selecting the option to "convert to explicit permissions," then i edit the group names by adding certain groups, and removing certain groups. Each of the folders needs to add a folder specific group, as well as a group that will be added to all folders This is hands down the most tedious and relentless task i have ever undertaken, but it needs to be done. Any of you gurus out there know a way to possibly automate this process using something like Powershell? Would taking ownership of all the files make this process easier? I am using windows server 2012 R2.
Seriously, any help at all would be the greatest thing for me right now.
Thank you all ahead of time,
BKFTA