Folder Permissions with Powershell error

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1

Hi Guys,

I’m quite new to powershell and trying to use the Get-ACL and set-acl cmdlets to change a folder permission on a new folder.

i have set a $paste for the username so for example would be jack.smith

i am trying to create the folder with
FileSystemRights : DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles, Modify, Synchronize
AccessControlType : Allow
IdentityReference : USERNAME
IsInherited : False
InheritanceFlags : ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit
PropagationFlags : None

but i get an error when trying to create a permissions object like below:

PS C:\Users\xxxxx> $Perms = New-Object  system.security.accesscontrol.
filesystemaccessrule("$paste$","DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles","Modify","Synchron
ize","ContainerInherit","ObjectInherit")

New-Object : Cannot find an overload for "FileSystemAccessRule" and the argumen
t count: "6".
At line:1 char:20
+ $Perms = New-Object <<<<   system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemaccessrule
("$paste$","DeleteSubdirectoriesAndFiles","Modify","Synchronize","ContainerInhe
rit","ObjectInherit")
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-Object], MethodExcept
   ion
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConstructorInvokedThrowException,Microsoft.Power
   Shell.Commands.NewObjectCommand



any help would be great!
2

Check out Rohn Edwards's PowerShell Access Control module, it automates a lot of what could be tedious to do manually with the native cmdlets…

3

Done it! thanks for the suggestion, it seems overly complicated compared to the module you linked me to :slight_smile:

4

The problem you are having is some of the parameters to the FileSystemAccessRule constructor are a collection and you don’t have them together (e.g., ‘ContainerInherit’,‘ObjectInherit’ vs. ‘ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit’)

Try using this code snippet instead:

# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sfe70whw(v=vs.110).aspx
$Perms = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule -ArgumentList (
"$paste$",
'Modify',
'ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit',
'Allow')