# User Permissions Report

### What is a User Permissions Report?

* See all **effective NTFS permissions** of a specific Active Directory user in the complete folder hierarchy.
* Is it a direct assignment of the user or does the user inherits his assignment by a specific group and what group was the originating group.

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### How To Generate the User Permissions Report

* First click on `User Permissions Report` on the `Home Screen` to start the wizard.

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* Then select any folder from the `Folders View`.
* Btw, you can add UNC paths to the `Folders View` input box! No need to map them to a drive letter.

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* Then select a user from the `Users & Groups View` (Active Directory Browser).
* Click `Start` to generate the **User Permissions Report**.

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### Optional: Configure the User Permissions Report - Permission Set

* There is no need to deal with the native Windows Access Control Entries (ACE).
* Our **NTFS permissions reporter** offers you the ability to make these names more meaningful.
* Configure your own permission set names. We ship a pre-configured list of translated items for you.

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