Change ACL's on a Parent folder for multiple SMB Paths from Traverse into Read permission

Question

Hi,

I am just starting to delve into powershell scripting. What i want to accomplish is to change folder permission from Traverse into Read permissions. One complication is i wanted to do this for several SMB paths (300~) so im thinking of powershell script to automate this for me.

The conditions are for Authenticated Users to have "Allow" Permissions for "This Folder Only ( parent folder only)" and change it from Traverse into "Read".

msdn link here https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/62b63fdf-3733-49a3-af83-557f08a70623/setting-multiple-acls-powershell?forum=winserverpowershell gave me an idea but just can't workout how to apply it for the number of different smb paths that i want to target.

Our smb shares path is typical where you got \servername\share\folder01 and folder number increments.

Thanks
punkasur

Answer 1

Hi @Punkasur ,

maybe this script will help. Just modify $maxCountvalue with the highest folder number. The variable $path contains the full smb share path, for instance \\servername\share\folder08
You code needs to be added below or instead of the #add your code here - $path contains the smb name

$maxCount = 19  
$a = 1  
Do {  
    $b = '{0:d2}' -f $a  
    $path = "\\servername\share\folder" + $b  
    $path  
    # add your code here - $path contains the smb share name  
    }   
While (++$a -le $maxcount)  

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Andreas Baumgarten