Continuous Inheritance Model

Description

ArcGIS Server follows the Continuous Inheritance Model to store and compute authorization permissions for GIS services security. In this model, a child resource (folder or service) inherits the permissions from its parent resource (folder or service). The permissions on the child can be changed to differ from the parent. Changing the permissions on the parent with respect to a particular role (principal) restores inheritance. It changes the permissions of all children recursively with respect to the role and brings the permissions into alignment with the parent.

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