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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Tell to Which Folders a User Has Been Granted or Denied Access?

September 15, 2009 Sep 15, 2009 09/15/09

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out what folders a user has specifically been granted or denied access to. I do not need the specific rights that were granted. I only need to find out where the user was specifically granted or denied access. The reason for this is I am trying to clean up permissions on some of our shared ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Determine a Folder’s Access Rights and Who Has Them?

September 14, 2009 Sep 14, 2009 09/14/09

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to get a handle around the security of a folder on my computer. I need to be able to figure out a way to determine who has access and what those access rights are. I guess I could use the Icacls utility, but I prefer to use something that is native to Windows PowerShell so that I can work with the ...