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What are the default NTFS security settings of the C:\Windows\Temp folder in Windows 7?
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By default, NTFS permissions for files and folders inherit the permissions of their parent folder. The primary purpose of file system permissions inheritance is to simplify administration. Without inheritance, administrators would need to specify permissions explicitly for each and every file and folder.
Windows has a TEMP folder in the Windows folder that is used by programs to store temporary files. Windows creates this folder if it does not already exist for some reason. If you do not have permission to write to this folder you may receive system errors.
SetACL is capable of listing the permissions of C:\Windows\Temp without first changing them. I retrieved the default permissions with the command setacl -on c:\Windows\Temp -ot file -actn list on a freshly installed system and verified on my system:
DACL(protected+auto_inherited):
Users FILE_ADD_FILE+FILE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY+FILE_TRAVERSE allow container_inherit
Administrators full allow no_inheritance
Administrators full allow container_inherit+object_inherit+inherit_only
SYSTEM full allow no_inheritance
SYSTEM full allow container_inherit+object_inherit+inherit_only
CREATOR-OWNER full allow container_inherit+object_inherit+inherit_only
If you prefer a GUI application, SetACL Studio can list permissions from every part of the system without first changing them like Explorer. This is what C:\Windows\Temp looks like in SetACL Studio:
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