Skool me on the "Cacls" command

[MisterJackson]

I have folder on a secondary drive that I need to copy to the master, but I don't have acccess.

I've taken ownership of the drive, and have all access to every other folder in that sub-directory except that one.

It's my old "MyDocs" folder.

Now, I thought you could use the cacls command to take ownership or copy it, but what do I need to type exactly?

Thanks in advance.

Disclaimer: I never claimed to be smart, so you're not allowed to laugh if it's a stupid question.

 

[Gunbuster]

You logged in as admin? you have encryption turned on for that folder on the old system?

Oh, this is not hardware.

 

[InlineFive]

An Administrator account should be able to take ownership of any folder. Make sure Simple File Sharing is off, then right-click the folder and go to Security, click Advanced and then Owner. From there you can set yourself up as the account owner.

Oh, and "skool" is speeled school.

 

[PCHPlayer]

If he is running XP home the security tab will not be there. On Home your only choice is to use cacls. This is one reason I wish I had upgraded to XP Pro. I believe the syntax for this is:
cacls MyDocs /T /G Everyone:F
/T = recursive
/G = Grant permissions.

Of course you must be admin to do this. You can always type cacls /? or is it cacls /help

 

[MisterJackson]

Ended up not needing it. I had been logged onto the machine with my domain account. That was why all folders weren't being taken over.

I just logged in as local admin and all is well now.

Thanks for the help.

And yes PorBleemo, I know it's spelled "School" . I really appreciate your help on that other thing.

PCHPlayer: Thanks

Gunbuster: Thanks, and lighten up

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
If he is running XP home the security tab will not be there. On Home your only choice is to use cacls. This is one reason I wish I had upgraded to XP Pro. I believe the syntax for this is:
cacls MyDocs /T /G Everyone:F
/T = recursive
/G = Grant permissions.

Of course you must be admin to do this. You can always type cacls /? or is it cacls /help

You can work with permissions in Safe Mode using the Administrator account.