How Share, NTFS Permissions and Inheritance Actually Work Sys-Manage / Friday, March 19, 2021 2 75995 Article rating: 4.9 This article explains Windows® share and NTFS level permissions including inheritance. The concept of NTFS permission inheritance was introduced a long time ago with the release of Windows® 2000. For whatever reason, it is still one of the less understood topics. We discuss what share and NTFS permissions are and how they work in detail. Read more