Re: CACLS Problem

Of course you can change the permissions of your current folder:

cacls "%cd%" /e /t /g everyone:F


"Charlie" <baboon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:870C8B9F-9AC5-4B2F-A4DA-730F634FEF91@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The second half of your answer applies.
> I should have made it more clear that the files in the current directory
got
> changed as well as subfolders.
> I wanted to be able to change permissions of the current folder
> specifically, but I guess that can't be done. I can just rewrite the
batch
> file with that in mind.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Charlie" <Charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:98C01041-9448-473B-B139-508838C19CA3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I see that someone else posted a CACLS problem to this NG today, so
what
> > the
> > > heck; seems like a good enough place......
> > >
> > > According to the listed switches, /T "Changes ACLs of specified files
in
> > > the current directory and all subdirectories."
> > > Yet if I switch to a particular directory then use the command, only
the
> > > subfolder's and file's permissions are changed. How do I get the
current
> > > directory to change?
> > >
> > > Here is the syntax that I'm using (from the desired directory, of
course):
> > > cacls *.* /t /g <username>:<perms>
> > >
> > > I've also tried typing the full path to the top directory in the tree,
but
> > > that doesn't work either.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > .. . . and you're getting a response from the same person.
> >
> > Your observation is at variance with mine. I used this command:
> >
> > cacls *.txt /t /g everyone:F
> >
> > and found that the permissions for all .txt files were changed,
> > regardless of whether they were located in the current folder
> > or any subfolder. I recommend you have another look.
> >
> > Of course if you wish to change the permissions of the
> > current folder itself (rather than of the files inside it) then
> > you must do it from its parent. To change the permissions
> > for C:\Temp you would do this:
> >
> > cacls c:\temp /t /e /g everyone:f
> >
> > I also suggest you use the /e switch. Omitting it might
> > have undesireable results.
> >
> >
> >


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