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

I try the below way and it work for me:
1. open cmd.exe
2. takeown /R /F *.*
3. icacls * /T /grant [username]:(D)
4. del *.* /S /Q

So that the files can become my own access and it assign to "Delete" and then I can delete the files and folders.

Answer 2

With an Excel vba script to provision and create accounts. I was needing to grant full rights permissions to the folder and subfolders that were created by the tool using our administrators 'x' account to our new user.

cacls looked something like this: cacls \FileServer\Users\Username /e /g Domain\Username:C

I needed to migrate this code to Windows 7 and beyond. My solution turned out to be:

icacls \FileServer\Users\Username /grant:r Domain\Username:(OI)(CI)F /t

/grant:r - Grants specified user access rights. Permissions replace previously granted explicit permissions. Without :r, permissions are added to any previously granted explicit permissions

(OI)(CI) - This folder, subfolders, and files.

F - Full Access

/t - Traverse all subfolders to match files/directories.

What this gave me was a folder on this server that the user could only see that folder and created subfolders, that they could read and write files. As well as create new folders.

Answer 3

I struggled with this for a while and only combining the answers in this thread worked for me (on Windows 10):
1. Open cmd or PowerShell and go to the folder with files
2. takeown /R /F .
3. icacls * /T /grant dan:F

Good luck!