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Explain the output of ICACLS.EXE, line by line, item by item

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Mar 15, 202669921 views
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What does this mean: I think the first one means that userid gets Modify permissions on the directory - which means that user can create files, or update files, or delete files. Right? What is the "NT AUTHORITY\IUSR" user? Is that really a single user ID? Is it the default IIS user ID? ok, the seco…

Error Output

C:\foo\> icacls .
. NT AUTHORITY\IUSR:(M)
  BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS:(M)
  BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS:(OI)(CI)(M)
  NT AUTHORITY\IUSR:(OI)(CI)(M)
  BUILTIN\IIS_IUSRS…

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Fix for: Explain the output of ICACLS.EXE, line by line, item by item

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From the Microsoft Article on ICACLS The entries are users and groups specific to that file (DOMAIN\USER or GROUP), the permissions listed are as follows: SIDs may be in either numerical or friendly name form. If you use a numerical form, affix the …

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