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XP SP2 Cacls: Permissions on <FolderName> are incorrectly ordered
Posted by lldan on December 30th, 2005


XP SP2 Cacls: Permissions on <FolderName> are incorrectly ordered

I'm trying to figure out why this happens or if it is a bug in Windows XP
Service Pack 2. I first thought that it could be our corporate image so I
decided to install Windows XP SP2 (shipped from MS) on a new machine. This
issue still occurs. When you cacls a directory using this command line all
is fine:

cacls "C:\Program Files\test1" /t /e /c /g BUILTIN\Users:F

It's when you create a new folder after that is the issues. Below are step
by step instructions on how to recreate the issue. Has anyone else seen
this? Can you recreate it? Is this normal? Is there a fix?

How some fixes for Windows 2000, but non for XP SP2

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


1. Create a folder anywhere on the C:\Program Files
(there might be an application effecting this directory or
something else messed with the ACLs)

2. Run a CACLs command line against that new directory
ex. cacls "C:\Program Files\Test" /t /e /c /g BUILTIN\Users:F

Now when you right click that folder you'll notice that the Builtin Users
group now as full control to that directory, this is good.

3. Create a subdirectory and Right Click | Properties | Security

You'll get this message

"The permissions on <foldername> are incorrectly ordered"






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