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#138613 - 2005-04-25 06:04 PM search for folders by name
buckyo buckyo Lurker Registered: 2005-03-25 Posts: 3	Good day, I'm not sure if this would be possible or not, but figured I'd ask the gurus. I have a huge folder structure with many instances of one folder name which I have to change permission on. The same folder name exists in many different locations. Does anybody know if permissions can be set on the many instances of this folder name using a script? Thanks
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#138614 - 2005-04-25 08:08 PM Re: search for folders by name
NTDOC NTDOC Administrator Registered: 2000-07-28 Posts: 11634 Loc: Space	Hello and Welcome to the board. Short answer is yes it can be done from a remote admin script. Longer answer is that you will need to do some searching and testing to get it going unless someone has the code already done and is willing to share. To get started please take a look at the UDF listing (over 500 ready made functions) KiXtart UDF Mirror Also look in the FAQ section for methods to perform remote tasks and permissions, etc... Good luck and let us know how it goes or if you need further assistance.
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#138615 - 2005-04-25 10:56 PM Re: search for folders by name
buckyo buckyo Lurker Registered: 2005-03-25 Posts: 3	Thanks for the feedback I searched the UDF section and I'm using DIRPLUS. I can find the needed folders, but I'm having problems using xcacls.vbs. Here's my script so far Code: call DIRPLUS.kix $xcacls = "c:\xcacls.vbs" $cscript = "C:\windows\system32\cscript.exe" $folders = Dirplus('c:\rootfolder','/s /ad /m homework') For Each $folder In $folders ;? $folder SHELL '$cscript $xcacls $folder /E /G "domain\user:LW"' Next This is the error I'm getting: "Arguments Used: Filename is required and was not passed as an argument" I'm a total newbie, so please go easy. Thanks
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#138616 - 2005-04-25 11:06 PM Re: search for folders by name
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Since Windows\system32 or Winnt\system32 is in the search path, you can probably eliminate it to be just: Code: SHELL 'cscript.exe "C:\XACLS.VBS" $folder /E /G "domain\user:LW"' HTH, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#138617 - 2005-04-25 11:34 PM Re: search for folders by name
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	a few things. 1. Dirplus returns an array of COM objects. so to craft your shell command, you might not want to include the variable name inside of a string. 2. is there any reason that you are needing to use vbscript to call xcalcs? Code: shell '%comspec% /c xcalcs '+ $folder.path +' /E /G "domain\user:LW"'
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#138618 - 2005-04-26 02:36 AM

Re: search for folders by name

buckyo Offline

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Registered: 2005-03-25
Posts: 3

Thanks for your replys.
I ended up using this tool to set permissions SetACL instead of the XCACLS.vbs tool which I downloaded from Microsoft.

Code:

call DIRPLUS.kix
$setacl = "c:\root\setacl.exe"
$folders = Dirplus('c:\root','/s /ad /m foldername')

For Each $folder In $folders
SHELL '%comspec% /C $setacl '+ $folder.path +' /dir /set %computername%\users /list_folder'
SHELL '%comspec% /C $setacl '+ $folder.path +' /dir /set %computername%\users /write'
Next

Again thanks for the quick replys

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#138619 - 2005-04-26 02:41 AM Re: search for folders by name
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	That will only work if run locally at the computer where the folders reside and the user needs enough rights to set rights. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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