folder permissions

[Jason]

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I would like to change the permissions of a group of 500 user home
directories. Currently they all have Full comtrol and I want to give them
read and write. Is there a way to automate this process rather than changing
them on each folder?

Thank you

 

[Guest]

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You can use the command line tool 'cacls.exe'

You'll want a line similar to the following:
cacls *. /E /C /P <groupname>:RW

make sure to run this from a dos prompt in the parent directory.

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Hope I've helped some!
Adam Drayer



"jason" <jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to change the permissions of a group of 500 user home
> directories. Currently they all have Full comtrol and I want to give them
> read and write. Is there a way to automate this process rather than
changing
> them on each folder?
>
> Thank you

 

[Guest]

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Jason,

There is also a third party util called Security Explorer that will
recursively change folder permissions. It's gui based and works much like
the AD tree you are probably used to. It is third party and does cost for
licensing but in my opinion no administrator should go without.

http://www.scriptlogic.com/eng/products/securityexplorer/main.asp

-Daniel

"jason" wrote:

> I would like to change the permissions of a group of 500 user home
> directories. Currently they all have Full comtrol and I want to give them
> read and write. Is there a way to automate this process rather than changing
> them on each folder?
>
> Thank you