Shared Members in Dimensions - security question

Within the dimension security, do shared members take the security based on their base member or on the parent member?
For example, if we have a base member setup under "Homes" like this:
Homes > examplehome
and then a shared member for "examplehome" setup like this:
Region1 > examplehome(shared)
And the "Homes" and "Region1" folder have different security setup for iDescendants, will "examplehome(shared)" take the security from "Homes" or "Region1"?

I've never investigated this but does it really matter? The data for examplehomes is only stored in one place. The share just gives you alternate aggregation paths. My guess is that once you set security for one all instances of the member share the security. After all, if you place examplehomes on a form with no parent, planning has no idea which parent to use.
Dave

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It seems that many people have asked this question on this forum but I am yet to find a solution. Most of the posts were about 5 years old so I am hoping maybe something new has happened since.
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I am trying to replicate a new cube from current GL cube and wish to remove unused shared members if they have any impact on essbase.
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