SetACL

SetACL
Developer(s) Helge Klein
Stable release
3.0.6 / 7 September 2012
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Utility software
License Freeware
Website helgeklein.com/setacl

SetACL is a freeware utility for manipulating security descriptors on Microsoft Windows.[1] It used to be available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) as a command-line utility and as an ActiveX component, but changed to a freeware license in version 3.0.0.0.

Features

This list of features is taken from the product's web page.[2]

Usage

To set 'change' permissions on the directory 'C:\angela' for user 'brian' in domain 'dom1':

SetACL.exe -on "C:\angela" -ot file -actn ace
           -ace "n:dom1\brian;p:change"

Remove write and change permission sets from Desktop, replace with 'read and execute' permissions:

SetACL.exe -on "\\mycomputer\C$\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop" -ot file 
           -actn ace -ace "n:mycomputer\username;p:write,change;m:revoke"
           -ace "n:mycomputer\username;p:read_ex"

An example of its use from AutoIt can be found here

Short history

References

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