Programmatically check directory permissions

[Steven]

Does anyone know if there is a way to check the access
permissions of different users using C#? I need to know
if a user has full control or if they have read only
access or none to a certain directory. I have seen
different ways to set the permissions but none to read
them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Nick Malik]

Well, honestly, the easiest way is to try to examine the contents of the
directory. If that works, create a temp file in the directory and delete
it. If you can do all three, you have full control. If you cannot create
the file, but you can read the contents, you have read access. If you
cannot read the directory, you have no access.

Just make sure to catch the exceptions and handle them appropriately.

I suppose you could inspect the ACLs on the directory itself, but it would
be harder than doing the things above.

--- Nick

"Steven" <wh**************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Does anyone know if there is a way to check the access
permissions of different users using C#? I need to know
if a user has full control or if they have read only
access or none to a certain directory. I have seen
different ways to set the permissions but none to read
them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Steven R.]

Thanks for your help Nick. I have been checking the directory
permissions using the example that you provided. Do you know if there is
a way to programatically check the ACLS or if the .NET framework
provides any classes to check the ACLS?

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Thanks for your help Nick. I have been checking the
directory
permissions using the example that you provided. Do you
know if there is
a way to programmatically check the ACLS or if the .NET
framework
provides any classes to check the ACLS?

-----Original Message-----
Well, honestly, the easiest way is to try to examine the contents of thedirectory. If that works, create a temp file in the directory and deleteit. If you can do all three, you have full control. If you cannot createthe file, but you can read the contents, you have read access. If youcannot read the directory, you have no access.

Just make sure to catch the exceptions and handle them appropriately.
I suppose you could inspect the ACLs on the directory itself, but it wouldbe harder than doing the things above.

--- Nick

"Steven" <wh**************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b*****************************@phx.gbl...

Does anyone know if there is a way to check the access
permissions of different users using C#? I need to know
if a user has full control or if they have read only
access or none to a certain directory. I have seen
different ways to set the permissions but none to read
them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

.

[Scott Allen]

Yes, Renaud Paguay has done all the P/Invoke work in a GotDotNet user
sample:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...f-e0705af065d9

HTH,

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:09:52 -0700,
<an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for your help Nick. I have been checking the
directory
permissions using the example that you provided. Do you
know if there is
a way to programmatically check the ACLS or if the .NET
framework
provides any classes to check the ACLS?

-----Original Message-----
Well, honestly, the easiest way is to try to examine the

contents of the

directory. If that works, create a temp file in the

directory and delete

it. If you can do all three, you have full control. If

you cannot create

the file, but you can read the contents, you have read

access. If you

cannot read the directory, you have no access.

Just make sure to catch the exceptions and handle them

appropriately.

I suppose you could inspect the ACLs on the directory

itself, but it would

be harder than doing the things above.

--- Nick

"Steven" <wh**************@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b*****************************@phx.gbl.. .

Does anyone know if there is a way to check the access
permissions of different users using C#? I need to know
if a user has full control or if they have read only
access or none to a certain directory. I have seen
different ways to set the permissions but none to read
them. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

.