xcacls.exe and XP

[Charles Blair]

I am using xcacls.exe from the Windows 2000 resource kit to set permissions
on a Windows XP Pro SP1 machine. Here is a sample of the string I am using:

xcacls.exe c:\software /T /E /G domain\user:C /Y

In this instance the permissions are correctly applied to the root directory
C:\software , but any files or folders in that directory do not apply them
correctly. When I try to view the permissions for the files and subfolders,
I receive an error message described in the following article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;322293

I had MS send me the hotfix, only to discover that it was already included
in XP SP1.
Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how to get around it?
Is there a more reliable way to script setting NTFS permissions in Windows
XP, without the need to purchase additional software?

TIA

Charles

 

[Mark V]

I am using xcacls.exe from the Windows 2000 resource kit to set
permissions on a Windows XP Pro SP1 machine. Here is a sample of
the string I am using:

xcacls.exe c:\software /T /E /G domain\user:C /Y

In this instance the permissions are correctly applied to the root
directory C:\software , but any files or folders in that directory
do not apply them correctly. When I try to view the permissions
for the files and subfolders, I receive an error message described
in the following article.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;322293

I had MS send me the hotfix, only to discover that it was already
included in XP SP1.
Does anyone know what is causing this problem and how to get
around it? Is there a more reliable way to script setting NTFS
permissions in Windows XP, without the need to purchase additional
software?

You can try the very capable SetAcl (free) at Sourceforge. However
the syntax is "difficult" and there are too few examples. Powerful
though. I have no XP to test it against though.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/setacl/