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Q288292: Managing File and Folder Permissions with Command Line Utility

Article: Q288292
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 4.0
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Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to use the command line utility to take ownership of
all files and subdirectories in a folder, and to grant the Administrators group
Full Control of these objects.

MORE INFORMATION
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1. Start a command prompt.

2. To set ownership of a folder and all of its contents, run the following
  command:

  "subinacl /subdirectories *.* /setowner=domainname\user" (without the
  quotation marks)

3. To grant the Administrators group Full Control permissions to the folder and
  its contents, run the following command:

  "cacls *.* /t /e /g domainname\administrator:f" (without the quotation marks)

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Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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