  Date: 26 April, 2008
Permissions Manager 2.3-RELEASE 
Download: xphomepm-2.3-release.msi — 509 kb
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New in this version:
- Recursive "Take Ownership" in Easy Security mode, minor bugfix
Summary
Permissions Manager is a software supplies GUI to manage security settings of files and folders. This GUI is quite different than generic Windows security dialog. It allows creating predefined sets of access control entries (presets) and applying these presets to file system objects. With Permissions Manager you don't need to pick up security principals from the list to assign security settings for a file or folder. It is enough to compose a preset only once and then apply it with a single click.
With Permissions Manager you can limit access to programs, files and folders on your home computer to your children, or protect important documents or programs when computer is shared by several persons.
Permissions manager is implemented as shell extension. This allows to put "Security"/"Easy Security" property page to "Properties" page of any object shell interacts with.
Version 2.3 runs on Windows XP (both Home and Professional editions), Windows 2003 and Windows Vista (all editions).
Upgrade from previous versions if free. Just use your existing serial numbers.
What is "Easy Security" mode?
It is enhanced approach to security management. We have divided security change procedure into two stages:
- User creates a set of access control entries (called preset).
- User applies preset to a file system object.
This approach is useful for frequent security change operations. For example if you want to protect some downloads or documents from other users at home or at office desktop, you do not need to edit security settings for each object every time, you need to create a preset only once, then apply it to each new object.
Another way of appliance can be interesting for system administrators who want to let their users to control permissions of some objects in easy way. Administrator can create presets for users. Users will not need to know details about how it works; they will only need to know how to apply preset.
Quick start
- Install the software.
- Go to the control panel, open "Permissions manager" applet, select "Edit presets" tab. Click "Add" button to create new preset; edit name and description of the preset. Click "Edit DACL" button and specify permissions that will correspond to your new preset. Click "Apply" to save your changes at the moment or "OK" to save the changes and close the dialog.
- Open windows explorer, select object(s) (files or folders) to which you want to apply a preset. Right click the selection; choose "Properties" menu item. Open "Easy Security" tab in the property sheet. Select preset from the list (combo box) and press "Apply" or "OK" to apply it.
Restrictions
Permissions manager will not allow applying of any preset to the system drive, windows directory and current user's profile directory (except "My Documents" folder). It would be very easy to corrupt the system or to make own profile not accessible without this restriction.
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