How to grant permission to users for a directory u

Question

How can I grant permissions to a user on a directory (Read, Write, Modify) using the Windows command line?

Answer 1

attrib +r +a +s +h <folder name> <file name> to hide
attrib -r -a -s -h <folder name> <file name> to unhide

Answer 2

XCACLS.VBS is a very powerful script that will change/edit ACL info. c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe xcacls.vbs help returns all switches and options.

You can get official distribution from Microsoft Support Page

Answer 3

I am Administrator and some script placed "Deny" permission on my name on all files and subfolders in a directory. Executing the icacls "D:\test" /grant John:(OI)(CI)F /T command did not work, because it seemed it did not remove the "Deny" right from my name from this list.

The only thing that worked for me is resetting all permissions with the icacls "D:\test" /reset /T command.

Answer 4

You can also use ICACLS.

To grant the Users group Full Control to a folder:

>icacls "C:\MyFolder" /grant Users:F

To grant Modify permission to IIS users for C:\MyFolder (if you need your IIS has ability to R/W files into specific folder):

>icacls "C:\MyFolder" /grant IIS_IUSRS:M

If you do ICACLS /? you will be able to see all available options.

Answer 5

Use cacls command. See information here.

CACLS files /e /p {USERNAME}:{PERMISSION}

Where,

/p : Set new permission

/e : Edit permission and kept old permission as it is i.e. edit ACL instead of replacing it.

{USERNAME} : Name of user

{PERMISSION} : Permission can be:

R - Read

W - Write

C - Change (write)

F - Full control

For example grant Rocky Full (F) control with following command (type at Windows command prompt):

C:> CACLS files /e /p rocky:f

Read complete help by typing following command:

C:> cacls /?

Answer 6

Just in case there is anyone else that stumbles on this page, if you want to string various permissions together in the one command, I used this:

icacls "c:\TestFolder" /grant:r Test_User:(OI)(CI)(RC,RD,RX)

Note the csv string for the various permissions.