How can I grant permissions to a user on a directory (Read, Write, Modify) using the Windows command line?
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How can I grant permissions to a user on a directory (Read, Write, Modify) using the Windows command line?
As of Vista,
caclsis deprecated. Here’s the first couple of help lines:You should use
icaclsinstead. This is how you grant John full control overD:\testfolder and all its subfolders:According do MS documentation:
F= Full ControlCI= Container Inherit – This flag indicates that subordinate containers will inherit this ACE.OI= Object Inherit – This flag indicates that subordinate files will inherit the ACE./T= Apply recursively to existing files and sub-folders. (OIandCIonly apply to new files and sub-folders). Credit: comment by @AlexSpence.For complete documentation, you may run “
icacls” with no arguments or see the Microsoft documentation here and here