cacls

[lafleur1977]

Hello,

I have been trying to re-apply user permissions on home folders by using cacls and have done the following script:

cacls d:\sf_user /g user:f

This works fine however I have 2 issues:

1. It asks to confirm each line of the script as I have more than 1 folder to do.
2. It replaces the inherited permissions with the new one.

Can anybody help with this?

Thanks.

[SYNACK]

You can set it to edit the existing perms by adding the /E switch but xcalcs is probably better as it is newer and has the /Q stitch which does it quietly. The other option is using setacl which is even opensource and can be triggered in batch or in vbs easily. I have ended up using this when xcalcs failed and it is much better IMO

[Michael]

Have a look at Autoshare. It's free and easy to use, even for thousands of users!

[DrPerceptron]

pipe in the y character at some point and it'll automagically say yes for you.

the following being an example from our last cacls script

echo y|cacls \\nx1950-stu\students\intakeex\examaccount16 /E /G examaccount16:C Administrators:F Staff:C

I'm not sure on replacing inherited permissions, I'm quietly confident if you slap in the /E it just edits and leaves the inherited permissions, but it's something I don't pay any attention to simply because the above is the same script that's been used for at least 6 years and the joys of robocopy meant I haven't played with the permissions on the folders for 3 years at least.

If I wasn't lazy, I would probably look at XCACLS or something else, but luckily for me, I am.

[Heebeejeebee]

If you're re-applying permissions because they've been lost somehow (a move to another machine without copying permissions perhaps), you will want to use the /t switch so that it does the change to all subfolders and files.

HBJB