What permissions does Windows require in order to rename a file?
Windows treats a file renaming operation as a deletion of the file and creation
of a new file with the new name. Therefore, you must have either the Delete
permission on the file itself or the Delete Subfolders and Files permission
on the folder that contains the file. You must also have Write Data permission
on the folder because of the new-file creation. In addition to these permissions,
the ren command requires Read Attributes permission and Synchronize permission
to both the folder and the actual file and the List Directory permission to
the folder. These permissions allow the ren command to check for the existence
of the file and verify that the file's attributes (e.g., the Read Only attribute)
don't prevent the rename.
That's interesting, useful to know the exact list.
But trying to make everything fit, one thing that seems inconsistent is that a file's created and modified dates are unchanged by a rename.(*)
Also, Emergency UnDelete doesn't see rename ops as 'undeletable'.
Am I missing something?
-Mark
(*) the file's accessed date _is_ affected.
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