http://blogs.technet.com/justinturner/archive/2009/02/26/quick-tip-back-up-your-ntfs-security-permissions.aspxHere is a simple command that you can run right now in order to save you from some down-time the next time your file system permissions get set back to the Windows defaults.&#160; Proactively running this from time to time (think: task scheduler) canen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/justinturner/archive/2009/02/26/quick-tip-back-up-your-ntfs-security-permissions.aspx#3222155Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:14:23 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3222155Emily Cardoso<p>Is there anything that helps you &quot;decifer&quot; the information on that output file? &nbsp;For example what /pace=buildin/users type=0x0 accessmask=0x2 </p> <p>anything that would translate that information.</p> <p>Thank you</p>http://blogs.technet.com/justinturner/archive/2009/02/26/quick-tip-back-up-your-ntfs-security-permissions.aspx#3223091Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:22:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3223091justintu<p>Hi Emily!</p> <p>Yes, you could try to convert the accessmask to something that is human readable. Take a look at the following article:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364399">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364399</a>(VS.85).aspx</p> <p>I think a much easier solution would be to use the sysinternals utility: AccessChk</p> <p>It's located here:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb664922.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb664922.aspx</a></p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Justin</p>