Security Basics: Re: commandline tool to fix drive permissions.

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2003-10-01 jay.stapleton () mnr gov on ca wrote:
> I have several machines who have incorrect persmissions for thier
> D: drives. Is there a commandline utility that can reset owner/
> permissions?  I'd rather not go to each machine to reset them.
There are chown tools for Windows (e.g. [1]), which let you change the
owner. To change the permissions use xcacls [2] from the Resource Kit.
Use SysInternals' PsExec [3] to execute the commands remotely.

[1] http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~frink/nt.html
[2] http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/xcacls-o
[3] http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psexec.shtml

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers

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