Another cool tool from Chris Wright called NTFS Permissions Reporter which allows you to create reports on directory permissions on file servers. The reporting is very fast, and allows you to see which users and groups have access to which directories. Chris also programmed another tool which I've reported on called AD Tidy and which allows you to find inactive computer accounts in Active Directory.
The NTFS Permission Reporter creates a menu in Windows explorer, so to verify a permission from a mapped network drive. You can of course start the tool normally and then choose a mapped drive or shared remote folder which you want to check. The tool supports Windows XP and above and can also on x64 systems. Reporting can be exported as HTML file for archiving or e-mailing purposes. Usually tools like those are part of the consultants toolbox, and I'm definitely will add it to my Free Tools page, because the free version does already nice job.
NTFS Permissions Reporter – Free version features:
- Powerful – With options such as being able to view group members (and nested group and primary group members) directly within the report
- Fast – Intelligent caching helps make this one of the fastest permissions reporting tools available
- Accessible – Just right click on any directory in Windows Explorer and choose Report Permissions to see permissions for the full directory tree
- Accurate – Unlike some other tools out there, you will always get accurate representations of permissions with NTFS Permissions Reporter
- User Friendly – Designed to be easy to use and modern, you can be running your first report within seconds of launching the application for the first time
- Exportable – Easily export report results to file (HTML file in free edition, additional formats in standard edition)
- Multi-Domain Friendly – Correctly reports display names and other account details for accounts in external trusted domains
The standard version Features:
- More export formats – to export into CSV or XLSX,
- E-mail the results directly from within the tool
- Create filters that allows you to exclude permissions you're not interested in
- Command line support for scheduling or loading the filters each time you run the application
- Free Lifetime upgrades
Prerequisites:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile (.NET 4.0 requires WIC, which is built in to XP SP3 and above)
Source: CJWDEV
