Article ID: 237607
Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q237607
SUMMARY
This article describes how to use the Regini.exe tool in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to modify registry permissions from within a script.
MORE INFORMATION
It may be useful to use the Regini tool to modify registry permissions from within a script to automate the distribution of permissions or for other uses. For example, if an administrator wanted to allow Everyone to have full control to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\MyProgram, the following sample Regini script would assign this permission:
\registry\machine
software
mycompany
myprogram [1 5 7 17]
The numbers that appear after the MyProgram key correspond to group permissions, and are defined in the following list:
1 - Administrators Full Access
2 - Administrators Read Access
3 - Administrators Read and Write Access
4 - Administrators Read, Write and Delete Access
5 - Creator Full Access
6 - Creator Read and Write Access
7 - World Full Access
8 - World Read Access
9 - World Read and Write Access
10 - World Read, Write and Delete Access
11 - Power Users Full Access
12 - Power Users Read and Write Access
13 - Power Users Read, Write and Delete Access
14 - System Operators Full Access
15 - System Operators Read and Write Access
16 - System Operators Read, Write and Delete Access
17 - System Full Access
18 - System Read and Write Access
19 - System Read Access
20 - Administrators Read, Write and Execute Access
21 - Interactive User Full Access
22 - Interactive User Read and Write Access
23 - Interactive User Read, Write and Delete Access
Based on the script, the permissions of the MyProgram key are now:
Administrators: Full Control
Creator/Owner: Full Control
World (Everyone): Full Control
System: Full Control
NOTE: When you use Regini in this way, it actually replaces all permissions with those specified in the script, so to change "Everyone-Read" to "Everyone-Full Control," the new permission (number 7) must be applied, along with the other existing permissions. Note that if 7 is the only number specified in brackets in the script, then the permissions after running the script would only be "Everyone-Full Control."
For more information about the Regini.exe tool, please refer the Regini.doc file included in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.
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