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Looking for a script/method for replacing permissions on files

  • 05-07-2007 11:46am
    #1
    workaccount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭


    Two of our departments are sharing some files at the moment. However sometimes a buyer may put in a file which is owned by them and therefore is not accessible to our marketing department.

    At the moment when I get a call about this problem I just log on and replace all permissions inside the folder to be owned by everyone. I would like this to be automated as it is a recurring problem.


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  • #2
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,701 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    workaccount wrote:
    Two of our departments are sharing some files at the moment. However sometimes a buyer may put in a file which is owned by them and therefore is not accessible to our marketing department.

    At the moment when I get a call about this problem I just log on and replace all permissions inside the folder to be owned by everyone. I would like this to be automated as it is a recurring problem.

    Have you looked at Windows PowerShell ?


  • #3
    declantm
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭declantm


    If you copy the following code into a new batch file (e.g. Permissions.bat) and execute it, that should do the trick
    @Echo off
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS

 REM Change the FolderName to point to the shared directory:
 set FolderName=c:\test

 REM Look for all files in all subfolders
 for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /a:-d /b /s "%FolderName%"') do @(

  REM edit the ACL for each file and grant Everyone change permissions.
  cacls "%%f" /E /G Everyone:C

 )
endlocal

    You will need to change the FolderName variable to point to your shared folder name.
    e.g. if the files are kept in the "c:\Shared files" folder then change the text to "set FolderName=c:\Shared files"


  • #4
    Cryos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Cryos


    workaccount wrote:
    Two of our departments are sharing some files at the moment. However sometimes a buyer may put in a file which is owned by them and therefore is not accessible to our marketing department.

    At the moment when I get a call about this problem I just log on and replace all permissions inside the folder to be owned by everyone. I would like this to be automated as it is a recurring problem.

    Hi workaccount,

    What you could do is the following on the Share (e.g \\fileserver\share)

    set the share permissions to Authenticated Users (change) & Domain Admins (full)

    Then under security depending on what way its set, add the 2 departments groups with change access and make sure all permissions thereafter are inheritable. This then means that anyfiles should be accessable by both departments.

    Be carefull if your in a scenaro where you dont want one department accessing anothers files. You may have to manually set inheritable permissions on child folders.


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