Listing user permissions for specific folder/file

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Is a script that will list permissions fo rthe logged in user for a specific file or folder. You would need to wrap this in a function to traverse the folder structure and call this function for each folder/file in question. It isn't much, but it might help you get started on a solution, if someone more script saavy than me doens't come along and give you an easy answer.

I am looking for a ready app that can quickly list all the folders/files access/permissions on a selected server for a specific user.

Much appreciated.....

The Perms command (perms.exe) from the Windows resource kit should help you.
Here's the usage description:

D:\Program Files\RKit>perms /?

Displays a user's permissions to specified files and directories.

PERMS [domain\|computer\]username path [/i] [/s]

[domain\|computer\]username Name of user whose permissions are to be checked.
path A file or directory, wildcards (*,?) accepted.
/i Assumes the specified user is logged on interactively
to computer where the file/directory resides.
With this switch, PERMS assumes the user is a member
of the INTERACTIVE group. Without this switch, PERMS
assumes the user is a member of the NETWORK group.
/s Check permissions on files in subdirectories.

The output access mask contains the following letters:

R Read
W Write
X Execute
D Delete
P Change Permissions
O Take Ownership
A General All
- No Access
* The specified user is the owner of the file or directory.
# A group the user is a member of owns the file or directory.
? The user's access permisssions can not be determined.

If you want to save the output to the file, just use the redirect command.

For example, save the output into a text file named listing.txt, type:

perms Administrator c:\ /s > Listing.txt

Hope this helps.