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How can I change ACLs recursively using cacls.exe?

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I want to restrict the access for everything inside the directory to me and the system only. I tried this with the following command: However it doesn't work at all. The following command should show only the two specified users but instead shows a very long list of permissions: I tried to use inst…

Error Output

cacls.exe work /t /p 'PIXLA09\Maaartin:f' 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM':f

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There might be a small error in your first commandline. The :f should be outside the quotation marks. It also seems that you have used single quotes instead of double quotes. That didn't work when I tried it. This command line worked OK for me: or u…

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