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A systems administrator creates a new folder in the user profile.

The administrator wants it to have different NTFS permissions than its parent folder.

Which of the following settings should the administrator change?

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A. B. C. D.

D.

The correct answer is D. Inheritance.

NTFS (New Technology File System) permissions are used to control access to files and folders on Windows operating systems. By default, when a new folder is created within a parent folder, it inherits the NTFS permissions of the parent folder. This means that any user or group that has access to the parent folder also has access to the new folder.

To create different NTFS permissions for the new folder, the administrator needs to change the inheritance setting. Inheritance is the process by which permissions are passed down from a parent object to its child objects. To disable inheritance and create different permissions for the new folder, the administrator should follow these steps:

  1. Right-click on the new folder and select "Properties" from the context menu.
  2. Click on the "Security" tab.
  3. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom of the window.
  4. In the "Advanced Security Settings" window, click on the "Disable inheritance" button.
  5. In the pop-up window that appears, select "Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions on this object" and click "OK".
  6. Back in the "Advanced Security Settings" window, click "Add" to add the users or groups that should have access to the new folder.
  7. Select the user or group, then click "Edit" to set the desired permissions for that user or group.
  8. Click "OK" to save the changes.

Once inheritance is disabled and explicit permissions are set for the new folder, it will have different NTFS permissions than its parent folder.

File attributes (option A) refer to characteristics such as read-only, hidden, or archived, and do not control access to the file or folder. Share permissions (option B) control access to files and folders over a network, but are separate from NTFS permissions and are not used to control access to local files and folders. Local share (option C) refers to the ability to share files and folders on a local network, but is not directly related to NTFS permissions.

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