How to read folder security

[Phil Haddock]

Can anyone post a code snippet on how to retrieve Permission information on
a Folder? (Visual Basic 2005)

There's lot's of information on how to set a permission, but I can't figure
out how to read them. I want to be able to return what Users and Groups
have what permissions on the folder. I'm not interested in the files
within, although I know that they may vary from the folder itself.

Thanks,

Phil Haddock

[Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP]

It is a bit mask:
FileAttributes attributes = Directory.Attributes;

//examples (C#)
//For VB.NET use And for the logical AND

bool isArchive = ((attributes & FileAttributes.Archive) ==
FileAttributes.Archive);
bool isCompressed = ((attributes & FileAttributes.Compressed) ==
FileAttributes.Compressed);
bool isEncrypted = ((attributes & FileAttributes.Encrypted) ==
FileAttributes.Encrypted);
bool isHidden = ((attributes & FileAttributes.Hidden) ==
FileAttributes.Hidden);
bool isNormal = ((attributes & FileAttributes.Normal) ==
FileAttributes.Normal);
bool isReadOnly = ((attributes & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) ==
FileAttributes.ReadOnly);

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Phil Haddock" wrote:

Can anyone post a code snippet on how to retrieve Permission information on
a Folder? (Visual Basic 2005)

There's lot's of information on how to set a permission, but I can't figure
out how to read them. I want to be able to return what Users and Groups
have what permissions on the folder. I'm not interested in the files
within, although I know that they may vary from the folder itself.

Thanks,

Phil Haddock