Icacls is easier to use than PowerShell (Get-ACL and Set-ACL) in my opinion, when you need to first store and then restore permissions. For one-offs, PowerShell wins hands down. Again, IMO.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Old habits Actually, I still have scripts that use both SRVINFO and GLOBAL, so you're not the only one. :) You could look at FILEACL (3rd party) and ICACLS (native Vista+/2008+) for listing NTFS permissions on files and other structures. SUBINACL is another option. And, don't forget Powershell (which I have to start using more myself) ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... Signature powered by WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:02 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Being a stick-in-the-mud, I've just spent the last couple of days using Somarsoft's dumpsec to export data structures and the associated NTFS permissions to an Excel file. As I am only too aware of my tendency to stick with what I know works (I'm probably the only person still using srvinfo and global.exe from the NT Resource Kit), can anyone enlighten me as to the latest-and-greatest tools for dumping NTFS permissions into a nice report? TIA, JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
