Programtically Set Folder Security

Does this help:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21276191/Modify-File-Permissions-in-VB-NET.html

Bob

TheLearnedOne -

Using the below, from the link - do I have to pass in any data such as the path:

    Public Shared Function SetPermissions(ByVal path As String, ByVal user As String, ByVal rights As String) As String
        Dim p As System.Diagnostics.Process = New System.Diagnostics.Process
        Try
            p.StartInfo.FileName = "CACLS"
            p.StartInfo.Arguments = path & "/E /P " & user & ":" & rights
            p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
            p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
            p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
            p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden

            p.Start()
            p.WaitForExit(1000)

            Return p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd.ToString
        Catch ex As Exception
            Return ex.Message
        Finally
            If Not p Is Nothing Then
                p.Dispose()
                p = Nothing
            End If
        End Try
    End Function

I modified your comment to show the new function.

Explanation:

/E - Edit ACL instead of replacing it
/P - Replace specified user's access rights:  N=None, R=Read, W=Write, C=Change, F=Full

Bob

Bob -

Thanks!  So, the following should work, correct:

SetPermissions("C:\inetpub\wwwroot\CardellReport", "everyone", "F")

I would hope so :)

Bob

I used code from this link to do the same thing, but it's written in c#.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=e6098575-dda0-48b8-9abf-e0705af065d9
 
and this guy managed to convert some of the code to vb.net, awesome!
credits to graye
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21352828/How-to-Read-Set-Folder-Permissons-in-VB-NET.html

ihenry -

Would this work in a web form?

It would work to a certain stages. Try to copy and paste the code into another class and use it from your webform and make sure your web app security context has enough privilege to modify NTFS permission of the folder.

What I like most about the code is that it handles the "ACEs ordering" while cacls.exe utility in some cases fails to do so, which can causes some NTFS permission entries to be ineffective. Another problem with cacls.exe utility, it sucks at propagating inheritable ACEs and if you want to have that feature in your code, you might need to consider another utility like xcacls.exe as a replacement (unfortunately, the latter mentioned utility comes with another problems).

ihenry -

I will give it a try and let you know.


TheLearnedOne -

I have been trying to set it from the example provided and for some reason it just seems to ignore it - do you know if I have toput the entire path folder in question, or just the folder name itself?