Microsoft KB Archive/257206

= How to Programmatically Change File Permissions with Commerce.AdminSecurity =

Article ID: 257206

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

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This article was previously published under Q257206



SUMMARY
Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition includes the Commerce.AdminSecurity object that can be used to programmatically change file-level permissions for Windows NT accounts or groups.



MORE INFORMATION
The following Visual Basic example code demonstrates how to grant the local Guest group Read permissions to the local C:\Temp directory:

Sub main Call SetFolderSecurity("C:\Temp", "Guests") End Sub

Function SetFolderSecurity(strFoldername, strNTGroupName) Dim objsecurity As Object Set objsecurity = CreateObject("Commerce.AdminSecurity") objsecurity.AddPermission CStr(strNTGroupName), CLng(&H80000000) objsecurity.AddPermission "Administrators", CLng(&H10000000) objsecurity.WriteSecurityDirectory strFoldername, True End Function

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