Running as an elevated admin on Vista SP1, my C# app tries to set the following rule with the following code. No error is produced, but neither is any change on the directory's ACL. What am I missing?
public static void Main( string args[] )
{
string dirPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), "Company"), "Product" );
Directory.Create(dirPath);
_SetAcl(dirPath, "Users", FileSystemRights.FullControl);
}
private static void _SetAcl(string path, string identity, FileSystemRights rights)
{
var info = new DirectoryInfo(path);
var acl = info.GetAccessControl();
var rule1 = new FileSystemAccessRule(identity, rights, AccessControlType.Allow);
bool modified;
acl.ModifyAccessRule(AccessControlModification.Reset, rule1, out modified);
var inheritanceFlags = InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit | InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit;
var rule2 = new FileSystemAccessRule(identity, rights, inheritanceFlags,
PropagationFlags.InheritOnly, AccessControlType.Allow);
acl.ModifyAccessRule(AccessControlModification.Add, rule2, out modified);
}
Update: Just add the following code as the last line of the _SetAcl method, and my code is good to go.
info.SetAccessControl(acl);
To finish the process you must call DirectoryInfo.SetAccessControl() with the modified ACL.
GetAccessControl() really returns a copy of the ACL. You're free to modify it but it won't take effect until you call SetAccessControl()