Add Users group in the local computer to Shared Permission

Question

Hello, Users group is missing Shared Permission for a folder in multiple Windows 2019 Servers. How can I add Builtin USERS group as READ access for multiple servers from remote using a batch file. What is the command to be used? Please let me know.

Answer 1

Hello @Boopathi Subramaniam !

You can use the icacls command to add permissions to the Builtin USERS group for a folder. Here's an example batch file you can use:

@echo off

set /p folderpath=Enter the path of the folder to modify permissions for:

icacls "%folderpath%" /grant "BUILTIN\Users:(R)"

Save this code in a batch file with a .bat extension, and run it on each server where you want to modify the permissions. When you run the batch file, it will prompt you to enter the path of the folder you want to modify permissions for. Once you enter the path, it will use the icacls command to grant READ access to the BUILTIN\Users group for the specified folder.

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