Microsoft KB Archive/288292

= Managing File and Folder Permissions Through the Command Line Utility =

Article ID: 288292

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q288292



SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the command line utility to take ownership of all files and subdirectories in a folder, and to grant the Administrators group Full Control of these objects.



MORE INFORMATION

 * 1) Start a command prompt.
 * 2) To set ownership of a folder and all of its contents, run the following command:

subinacl /subdirectories *.* /setowner=domainname\user
 * 1) To grant the Administrators group Full Control permissions to the folder and its contents, run the following command:

cacls *.* /t /e /g domainname\administrator:f

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