PowerShell offers great commands and helps in save a lot of time in performing daily routine tasks. One of them is to list permissions on a file/folder or a registry key.
To list permissions assigned on a folder:
- Get-ACL C:\Temp
To list permissions on a file and format the output with specified attributes:
- Get-Acl C:\Temp\Test.log | Format-List -Property PSPath, Sddl
To get permissions on a registry key:
- Get-Acl -Path HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control | Format-List
About Nirmal Sharma
Nirmal is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services. He is specialized in Directory Services, Microsoft Clustering, Hyper-V, SQL and Exchange and has been involved in Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he offers technical help by writing tips and articles. Nirmal can be reached at [email protected]
