Change File/Folder permissions with Powershell

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Important Time Stamps :

00:00 - Intro
00:10 - How to add user to a file or folder manually
01:03 - Intro Access Control List or Get-ACL
01:27 - Reminder that link to files are in video description and github
01:39 - Start scripting for ACL
02:54 - Filling in variables
03:12 - Inspecting folder permissions prior to script execution
03:30 - Brief overview of ACL and parameters required
04:33 - Additional Variables to create
05:03 - Creating the argument list variable
05:26 - Adding the argumentlist parameter to command
05:33 - running script with ACL and seeing the result of adding a user or security group to a folder or file
06:02 - Why you might NOT want to use ACL method
06:45 - Intro with using ICACLS.exe
07:24 - Getting started with ICACLS
07:41 - Initial variable values
08:19 - Detail breakdown of the parameters for ICACLs method
09:12 - Executing the powershell script with ICACLS method
10:03 - Running the script with ICACLs method
10:34 - Outtro

Github Link :
https://github.com/jc566/Youtube_Solutions/tree/master/Powershell%20Scripts/Set%20Security%20for%20Files%20%26%20Folders

Important Links :

ACL Commandlet
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-acl?view=powershell-7.1

File System Rights parameters
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.security.accesscontrol.filesystemrights?view=net-5.0

ICACLS Documentation and breakdown
#https://ss64.com/nt/icacls.html

Official Microsoft ICACLS.exe documentation
#https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/icacls

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We cover how to set security permissions for folders using powershell. There are 2 method that we use for this security permissions video which is using Access Controll List aka ACL or ICACLS.exe

Both Get-ACL and ICACLS.exe are viable and are good for different scenarios for changing security permissions on folder using powershell.

Personally, I like using ICACLS because the machine or host server invoking the powershell doesnt need to have priviliged access rights.

I did experience in the line of work where using ACL required higher admin rights in order to invoke, may have been a one off thing or something else I did poorly on my end, but safe to say 60% of the time ICACLS works everytime.

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