Have you ever wondered just which files and directories on your network the group Everyone can delete permissions on? Finding information like this is a snap with Security Explorer®. Simply choose a group or user, and a set of permissions to search for, and begin your search. When the search results display, you can click on any files or directories in your search results to modify their permissions immediately.
NOTE: For searching the SQL Security module, see Searching for SQL Server objects and permissions. For searching the Exchange Security module, see Searching for Exchange server objects and permissions. For searching in SharePoint Security module, see Searching for SharePoint objects. For searching the Active Directory Security module, see Searching for Active Directory objects. |
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Open the Browse tab. |
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Select an object in the Navigation or Objects pane, and select Search | New Search Window (Empty). |
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Click Start Search. |
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Select Auto-update results to automatically update the search results after you select to grant, revoke, clone, replace, modify, or delete a permission. The search is performed again during the refresh, so if you have a search that takes a long time, you may want to clear this check box. |
Add a Search Scope, which is what you want to search, such as domains, computers, or folders. See Adding a search scope. | |
NTFS Security module only. Load saved search scope and criteria from an XML file exported from the Share Security module. | |
Share Security module only. Load saved search scope and criteria from an XML file exported from the NTFS Security module. | |
Start the search based on the current Search Scope and selected criteria. | |
Return to the default selections on all search criteria tabs. | |
Display the results in a report format that you can save, print, or export. | |
Service Security and Task Management modules only. Export the results. See Using the Browse tab to export security. |
You can save the search scope and selected criteria to reuse. You also can export the scope and settings to an XML file for later import into another module. Saved searches appear under Saved Searched | User Searches.
Import the search scope and search criteria from an exported XML file. | |
The Search Scope determines what objects to search, such as domains, computers, or folders.
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Click Add Scope. |
TIP: Use the Select all children for the current item or De-select all children for the current item check boxes to help you create the scope.
NOTE: In the Service Security module, you can import a list of servers. Click Import, and choose a text file.
NOTE: In the Group and User Management module, you can select individual computers, computers in a Network node, or Active Directory® organizational units and containers that contain computers. When the Active Directory tree is used in the search scope, Security Explorer® searches only local users and groups for the computers in the selected organizational unit or container, or local users and groups for selected computers. Security Explorer does not search domain users and groups in Active Directory. If you want to search for domain users and groups, select computers in the Network node. |
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Click OK. |
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