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Intelligent NTFS Permissions
Tuesday 8th March, 2011 12:38 Comments: 0
Metasploit have fixed this bug: 3.5.2 Windows installer takes a long time to set permissions. Not only did it increase the time taken to install, it also caused problems for me when I tried to launch Metasploit Framework with UAC enabled (I could only get around it by using an elevated Command Prompt to launch the GUI, for example).

Their fix is simple:

Fixed in 3.6 by using inheritance intelligently instead of recursing.

I was amazed as I watched the old installer set permissions on every file, rather than use inheritance (which should be easier to implement!). I'm very glad they've fixed this.

You can grab 3.6.0 from here.
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