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Hi,
I have a Windows Server 2008 SP2 file server and I would like to export the NTFS permission of all file shares from the server using below powershell command:
Get-ChildItem "E:\FileShare" -recurse | Get-Acl -Exclude *.* | export-csv c:\temp\permission.csv
Inside this FileShare folder there are some folder structures like (below is only one of the example, there are many other folder with this kind of long path name):
E:\FileShare\folder1\1. folder name long\2. long long folder name\3. very long folder name here\4. long path folder namexxxxxxxxxxx
Due to this, when I execute the above powershell command I receive the error:
Get-ChildItem: Could not find a part of the path "E:\FileShare\folder1\1. folder name long\2. long long folder name\3. very long folder name here\4. long path folder namexxxxxxxxxxx"
Anyway that I could modify the command to export out all shared folder NTFS permission under E drive without hitting the long path name error again? The powershell version is 2.0
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Get-ChildItem "E:\FileShare" -recurse | Get-Acl -Exclude . | export-csv c:\temp\permission.csv
Can you please kindly explain what are the difference between the command I listed in my post?
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Hi,
Please try prepending "\?\" to the path.
Get-ChildItem "\\?\E:\FileShare" -recurse | Get-Acl -Exclude *.* | export-csv c:\temp\permission.csv
Best Regards,
Ian Xue
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Hi @Ian Xue
May I know if \?\ work with Powershell 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 service pack 2?
Hello @Ian Xue
I've just tried with the command but seems like not working in Windows Server 2008 SP2 with powershell 2.0. Below is the error:
You may consider upgrading Window PowerShell to the latest version. Windows PowerShell 2.0 is deprecated now.
I think the maximum version that I could go for is only powershell 3.0. I will try to upgrade it to 3.0 and test with another script to see if it works.
Hi @Ian Xue
I've tried to perform the following but still getting long path name for the exporting task of folder permissions:
The Get-ChildItem command always returning with the error as below:
The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters.
Could not find a part of the path "X:\folder\folder\folder\xxxxxxxxxxxx"
Per my test, the \?\ prefix works with Windows PowerShell 5.1. Sorry I don't have machines with Windows PowerShell 3.0 in my lab.