Inheritable permissions on AD users are automatically disabled.
If you need to enable inheritable permissions on some AD users and after enabling it you constantly find them disabled in a hour or so, you can enable inheritance on the adminSDHolder container by using Active Directory Users and Computers. The path of the adminSDHolder container is CN=adminSDHolder,CN=System,DC=<MyDomain>,DC=<Com>
Note If you use Active Directory Users and Computers, make sure that Advanced Features is selected on theView menu.
To enable inheritance on the adminSDHolder container:
- Right-click the container, and then click Properties.
- Click the Security tab.
- Click Advanced.
- Click to select the Allow Inheritable permissions to propagate to this object and all child objectscheck box .
- Click OK, and then click Close.
This is a workaround and not the ideal solution, read more about it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817433