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Default User Permissions for Disks

 
advanced administration guide winchanging security settings for file system objects and accountswindows accounts used by plesk to manage windows objectsnetworksecurity
Path Account Default Permissions *
Disk root Everyone Read & Execute for this object only.
  psaadm Deny Full Control.
  psacln  
Program Files (x86) psacln Deny Full Control except Read Attributes.
Program Files (x86)Common Files psaadm Read & Execute.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  
Program Files (x86)IIS psaadm Access is not allowed.
  psacln  
Program Files (x86) Reference Assemblies psacln Access is not allowed.
Windows psaadm Access is not allowed.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  
Documents and Settings psaadm Access is not allowed.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  
Application Data(ProgramData) psaadm Access is not allowed.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  
RECYCLER (Recycle Bin) psaadm Access is not allowed.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
%SystemDrive%inetpubtemp users View, create folders, and read, write, execute files.
  psaadm View folder contents, read and execute files.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
WindowsTemp psaadm View folder contents, read and execute files.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  

%plesk_dir%

(Plesk installation directory, which, by default, is
c:Program Files (x86)Plesk.)

psaadm Read & Execute.
  psacln Deny Full Control.
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  
%plesk_dir%isapi psaadm View folder contents, read and execute files.
  psacln  
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  

%plesk_bin%

(The directory containing Plesk’s external utilities, which, by
default, is c:Program Files (x86)Pleskadminbin.)

psaadm Read and execute files.
  psacln Read Attributes for this object only; Read & Execute for files

%plesk_vhosts%

(The directory containing files related to virtual hosts,
which, by default, is c:inetpubvhosts.)

psacln Deny Full Control except Read Attributes for this object only.
  psaadm Deny Full Control for this object only.
  psaserv  
  NETWORK SERVICE  

* Actual permissions set on Windows objects may differ from the default
permissions listed in this table because some of them may result from a
combination of several security rules. For more information about
security rules, see Customizing Object Security Settings in
Plesk
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