Removing User's Permissions From Shared Folders

Due to change of job role, a user no longer has the needs to access a specific shared folder.  When we try to remove the permissions she has to the shared folder from the Security tab, the below message appears:

You cannot remove KANDTI\finmgr1 because this object is inheriting permissions from its parent. To remove KANDTI\finmgr1, you must prevent this object from inheriting permissions. Turn off the option for inheriting permissions, and then try removing KANDTI\finmgr1 again.

To remove the permissions which currently KANDTI\finmgr1 has to the shared folder without affecting the rest of the permissions for other users, the following steps were carried out:

1.     Log on to the Windows Server 2012 File Server which is running on Server Core.

2.     Open up the Task Manager by issuing the below command at the command prompt:

C:\taskmgr

3.     Click File > Run new task and click on the Browse… button.  The Windows Explorer will then appear.

4.     On the appeared Windows Explorer, locate the shared folder which we need to remove the user’s permissions.

5.     Right-click on the shared folder and from the context menu, click Properties.

6.     On the Properties box, click on the Security tab and click Advanced button.

7.     On the Advanced Security Settings box, make sure that Permissions tab is selected and click Disable Inheritance button to disable inheritance.

8.     On the Block Inheritance box, select Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions on this object option to release all inherited permissions while copying the permissions on to the object.

9.     In order to force NTFS permissions of the current object onto the child objects, check Replace all child object permissions with inheritance permissions from those objects checkbox.

10.   Click Ok button to save the changes.

11.   Proceed to remove the user’s permission to the shared folder.