Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference

Name

cacls, xcaclsRK

Synopsis

cacls | xcacls files [options]

Display (if no options are specified) or modify access control lists (ACLs), using Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 permission sets, respectively.

Options

Multiple options and instances of options are allowed.

/T

Propagate changes to subdirectories in the file list.

/E

Edit the existing ACL (the default is to replace it).

/G user : perms [;dir-perms] /P user : perms[;dir-perms]

Grant or replace (respectively) permissions in the access control entries (ACEs) for the specified user. perms indicates the defined permission set. For cacls, it is either R (read), C (change), F (full control), or N (none, applies to /P with cacls only). xcacls uses several additional codes for the other atomic permissions: P (change permissions), O (take ownership), X (execute), W (write), and D (delete). Directories take a second permission string, separated from the first by a semicolon. In this context, there is an additional code letter: T (not specified).

/R user

Remove the ACEs for the specified user (requires /E).

/D user

Deny the specified user all access to the files.

/C

Continue applying changes even if an error occurs.

/Y

Suppress confirmation prompts (xcacls only).