Setting permissions on NTFS securable objects

[IfYouSaySo]

Is there any way, other than making unmanaged calls to Win32, that allows setting permissions on NTFS securable objects (for instance setting owner, group, or DACL for a file or folder)? I have some c++ code that does this, so I guess it shouldn't be too hard to convert to VB.NET using unmanaged calls, but I was just wondering if there is some way that is built into the framework.

 

[JohnH]

MS example here using Active Directory (sadly only C#, VB.Net example look removed)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899553/EN-US/

 

[oldbear]

Hi

.Net 2.0 offers an API for accessing and changing ACLs for objects. Here's a link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx?pull=/msdnmag/issues/05/01/securitybriefs/default.aspx

Look at the section 'System.Security.AccessControl'.

Also:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/11/AccessControlinNET/default.aspx?fig=true#fig3

Hope this helps

Chris Seary