Re: file permission scripting

From: Stivie S. (stefan.suesser_at_computacenter.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 07:26:08 -0800

Hi Altria,

have you already thought about using "cacls.exe", a command line tool that ships with Windows? It is very easy to use, available on every Windows computer, and you can use a simple batch file or a VBScript that (externally) calls "cacls.exe" to implement what you want.
>From the experiences I have, using nativ VBScript to set file- or folder permissions is quite complicated and therefore using a simple command line tool will do its job.

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