windows folder permission

anu_1 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using this function to get the folder permission

use Win32::FileSecurity qw(Get EnumerateRights);
Get($folder,\%htrustees);

      while (($trustee, $mask) = each %htrustees) {
     print "$trustee:$mask";
      
}
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Is there any function to get the folder inheritance also ("Apply to" part in windows permission box)..? Like "This Files only", "Subfolders only" etc

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Re: windows folder permission by cdarke (Prior) on Oct 11, 2010 at 15:02 UTC
Not as easy as it sounds. You have to look specifically for inheritable ACEs, and that can be a lot of work. Look at Win32::Security.	[reply]
Re: windows folder permission by sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Oct 11, 2010 at 14:40 UTC
Probably... In most cases, I just “try it and see.” If you want to see if the current-user can create a file somewhere ... try to do it. Using a “junk” filename, try to create it (using some system-command like e.g. `touch`, in a `qx//` block), and then immediately remove it (same way). Wrap the whole thing in an `eval` block. If an error is thrown (“`$@`” is non-blank), you know it didn’t work. Yeah, it’s a hack, but it works reliably when a lot of other things don’t. There are so many things that can affect file-access, that it is often much more difficult to “guess,” than to simply “push on the gate and see if an alarm goes off.”	[reply]
Re^2: windows folder permission by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 11, 2010 at 18:30 UTC
How does this "advice" even begin to address the OPs question; "Is there a function to ..."? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP an inspiration; A true Folk's Guy	[reply]


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