Is there such a utility out there?

DamonM · 09-18-2007, 03:49 PM

I was wondering if a utility exists that would scan all folders and files on a server to tell me who has what privileges/permissions to what folders and or files. Over the years things have gotten a bit out of control.

We are now using Group policies more for folder access, but there have been numerous times when I have set permissions for individual users and now it's become a big mess.

**Cellus** · 09-18-2007, 04:08 PM

You can try the cacls command to display the access rights on various ACLs.

Take a look at this snippet for the syntax, or type cacls in the command prompt (without any arguments or options) to display its help page.

ecrocombe · 09-18-2007, 09:33 PM

you could also try a utility called access enumerator (or along those lines) it is found in the sysinternals suite.

DamonM · 09-20-2007, 11:30 AM

Thank you both for the information.

AccessEnum is the perfect utility I was looking for.

D

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DamonM Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Re: Is there such a utility out there? Thank you both for the information. AccessEnum is the perfect utility I was looking for. D