Question on inherited folder security

[dcooman]

 

I have a three level folder hierarchy for reports.  All security is set by roles.  By default, each role has "no access" to every folder.  If I grant "read only" access to a second-level folder.  That user can see all the reports in that folder and all the folders below.  The folders below show "read only" is inherited from the parent.  This works fine.  Is there a way to allow inherited security upward too?  In other words, is there a way to inherit "read only" access to the first level folder needed to reach the allowed second level folder?  This would make my security structure easier to manage.  If this is not possible I will have to explicitly set "read only" on the first level folder and "no access" to all the other second level folders that I don't want this user to see. 

[mgeise]

This is a case where you would need to manage the security explicitly - the inheritance is not set to go upward.