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changing file ownership with subinacl.exe

Asked by: babyxeon

unable to use subinacl.exe to change ownership of files I used a script from this site but i get the error  ActiveX component can't create object: 'AdsSecurity' code 800A01AD.  how can i make it work.  it appears to be dependant on mwmapi.dll.  Trying to do this on server 2003

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2009-02-25 at 16:45:31ID24178361
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by: dstewartjrPosted on 2009-02-25 at 16:58:46ID: 23740436

click start>>>run>>>wscript -regserver

 

by: dstewartjrPosted on 2009-02-25 at 17:00:39ID: 23740448

you could also save this as resetacl.cmd and run it


:rem install subinacl
 
cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f
subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f

                                              
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by: babyxeonPosted on 2009-02-25 at 19:16:21ID: 23741234

still the same error.  when i just use the subinacl command to change ownership of 1 file it works when i run the script it fails.  below is the script
path = "c:\"
Const oldOwner = "BUILTIN\Administrators"
Const newOwner = "domain\user"

'do not change below this point


Recurse(path)

Public Sub Recurse(path)
     Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
     Set fldr = fso.GetFolder(path)

     dim subfolders,files,folder,file
      Set subfolders = fldr.SubFolders
      Set files = fldr.files
     
        'Display the path and all of the folders.
        Wscript.Echo ""
        Wscript.Echo fldr.Path
        For Each folder in subfolders
           Wscript.Echo folder.path
           'WScript.Echo folder.path
             setOwner oldOwner,newOwner,folder.path
        Next
 
   'Display all of the files.
      For Each file in files
             wscript.echo file.path
          setOwner oldOwner,newOwner,file.path
         
      Next  
   'Recurse all of the subfolders.
      For Each folder in subfolders
         Recurse folder
      Next  
      Set subfolders = Nothing
        Set files = Nothing
End Sub

 Sub setOwner(oldOwner,newOwner,path)
    Set sec = CreateObject("AdsSecurity")      
    Set sd = sec.GetSecurityDescriptor("FILE://" & path)
    WScript.Echo " - Old Owner: " & sd.owner
     
    If lcase(sd.owner) = lcase(oldOwner) Then
        WScript.Echo " - New Owner: " & newOwner
        Set CommandLine = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
        commandline.run "subinacl /file " & path & " /setowner=" & newOwner
    End if
     
    Set sd = Nothing
    Set sec = nothing
 End Sub

 

by: dstewartjrPosted on 2009-02-25 at 19:32:42ID: 23741298

See if the script on this discussion works better for you


http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Misc/Q_20903927.html

 

by: dstewartjrPosted on 2009-02-25 at 19:35:27ID: 23741305

 

by: babyxeonPosted on 2009-03-04 at 17:12:14ID: 23801640

the script file above works when you modify:
 commandline.run "subinacl /file " & path & " /setowner=" & newOwner

to
commandline.run "subinacl /file """& path &"""  /setowner=" & newOwner

Without the extra """ in the script it would only change file ownership if the file name was a single word with the extra """ it works well.

 

by: rberkePosted on 2009-07-15 at 14:12:25ID: 24864249

I found a more flexible program , subinacl.  

The normally distributed version contained a bug. The fixed version can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en


For instance, the following command changes ownership and gives the new owner full control of the file.

subinacl /file "\data\allread\500.pdf" /setowner=jane.doe /grant=jane.doe=F

Plus, it has switches like /migratetodomain, so it might support migration, but I don't have time for much research. I think I will still just use a vba program.

Here are some other examples I noticed

    *  Allow the group "MYDOMAIN\Marketing" Read access to the folder "D:\Departments\Marketing" and all of its subfolders, but not on the files:
      SUBINACL /verbose=1 /subdirectories "D:\Departments\Marketing" /grant=Users=R
    * Grant Read access to "Everyone" on a share:
      SUBINACL /verbose=1 /share \\server\share /grant=Everyone=R
    * Allow the group "MYDOMAIN\Marketing" to Print and Manage documents on the printer "Color Laser":
      SUBINACL /verbose=1 /printer "Color Laser" /grant=MYDOMAIN\Marketing=MP
    * Allow "Authenticated Users" to start and stop the "Printer Spooler" service (use its short name: "Spooler"):
      SUBINACL /verbose=1 /service Spooler /grant="Authenticated Users"=LQSTOP
    * Grant "Authenticated Users" write access to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyWackyProgram", but not to subkeys:
      SUBINACL /verbose=1 /keyreg "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyWackyProgram" /grant="Authenticated Users"=QEDS

To check permissions, remove the /grant switch: if no "action" is specified, the default /display is used.

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