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== Special File and Folder Permissions ==
As mentioned previously, basic file and folder permissions are really just pre-packaged collections of special permissions. Special permissions provide a much more fine grained approach to defining permissions on files and folders than is offered by basic permissions. The current special permissions configured on a file or folder can be viewed and modified by right clicking on the object in Windows Explorer, selecting ''Properties'', clicking on the ''Security'' tab of the properties dialog and pressing the ''Advanced'' button. This will display the ''Permissions'' page of the ''Advanced Security Settings'' dialog which contains a list of users and groups for which permissions have been defined. Click on ''Edit'' to access the editable view of the permissions. Select a user or group from the list and click on the ''Edit...'' once again to display the ''Permission Entry'' for the selected user or group for this file or folder. This dialog will appear as illustrated in the following figure:
[[Image:windows_server_2008_special_permissions.jpg|Editing the special permissions of a file or folder]]
To change the special permissions simply make the appropriate selections in the list (keeping in mind that any grayed out permissions are inherited). To add special permissions for a user or group not currently listed in the ''Advanced Security Settings'' page, click on the ''Add...'' button and use the ''Select Users and Groups'' dialog to add new users or groups to the permission entries list.
Windows Server 2008 (or to be more exact, NTFS) provides 14 special permission options, each of which may be allowed or denied. The following table lists each of these settings and describes the option in more detail:
