I am lookiing for help understanding icacls

[MacNala]

I have a local network of PCs.

The machines run Windows 7.

The main one, the biggest, runs Windows 7 Ult. and the others Prof.

The main one has a number of Virtualbox machines running Windows, all but 1 are Windows 7, the one exception runs Windows 8.1.

 

Now my problem.

I have in the main machine taken a DriveSnapShot image of the C: drive.

I have stored it in a share on a locally connected NAS (Netgear RND4000).

I tried to access this share using the snapshot program in one of the other PCs to extract a couple of files without disturbing the main machine.

I could access the image and viewed the contents in a mapped folder.

When I came to extract the files I found that the folder was not accessible. 'Access is denied'

 

The folder is shared in the main machine (it shows as an folder icon with a padlock superimposed in the mapped drive).

I was advised that I may need to change the access permissions using CACLS. As this is replaced by ICACLS for Windows 7 I have been trying to understand what I am supposed to do.

What access list am I changing?

[amckinley]

Have you tried icacls /?

 

Thats how I learned about it...

 

Or a step better. If you have powershell v.3 type in icacls, it will give you the same info that it will in command prompt, but throws in a few examples at the bottom

Edited March 4, 2014 by amckinley
more info

[kevin_lane]

Basically its an enhanced version of calcs quite good if you want to set permissions on a very granular level

[MacNala]

Have you tried icacls /?

 

Thats how I learned about it...

 

Or a step better. If you have powershell v.3 type in icacls, it will give you the same info that it will in command prompt, but throws in a few examples at the bottom

Thanks for the tip about PowerShell.

I do not really know where to start. I have looked at the icacls /? but honestly don't know what they are talking about.

I need a dummy's guide sort of thing to get to grips with Access Control Lists. Is there a tutorial or an article on TechNet?

[MacNala]

Basically its an enhanced version of calcs quite good if you want to set permissions on a very granular level

 

Thanks but I need more help than that. I have never needed to use calcs either but as I am now all Windows 7 I am looking for help to learn what the H$%% they are talking about. I need as I said above a tutorial or article which explains ACLs.