Changing Permissions via Command Line...

[LloydSev]

OK.. I'm officially leaving this job, and to make it easier on the guy coming in to replace me, I am streamlining a lot of stuff he has to do..

One of the things which he may not pick up right away, is the changing of permissions on files and folders, and the registry entries as well.

Does anyone know the command to change permissions on files and folders? And I also need to know about changing the permissions in the registry as well.

Thanks in Advance..

Computer/Network Technician
CCNA

 

[Serbtastic]

Use cacls.exe (see help for proper syntax).

 

[LloydSev]

and cacls.exe does this for files, folders and registry settings?

Computer/Network Technician
CCNA

 

[bcastner]

For files and folders, you can use cacls.exe, or the more extensive xcacls.exe:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318754

Subinacl.exe can also be used to take ownership, and works on registry entries:

http://www.ss64.com/nt/subinacl.html

Regini.exe from the Resource Kit can do registry changes:

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kb...ngeRegistryPermissionsfromtheCommandLine.html

For registry DACL changes, there are some very clever freeware utilities; e.g. Regperm:

http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~micro/regperm/

 

[bcastner]

Also, for files and folders this Explorer like freeware interface is quite cleverly done:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/aclview.html