Setting Registry Permissions On A Remote Computer...

[Jason Richmeier]

I am attempting to set permissions on a set of registry keys on a remote
computer. I am able to open the registry key on the remote computer and read
values from it. However, when I call the SetAccessControl method on the key,
a System.NotSupportedException is thrown with the following text for the
Message property:

The supplied handle is invalid. This can happen when trying to set an ACL on
an anonymous kernel object.

This exception is not mentioned in the documentation for the
SetAccessControl method. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Thank you,

Jason Richmeier

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Jason,

>However, when I call the SetAccessControl method on the key,
a System.NotSupportedException is thrown with the following
text for the >Message property:
...

Based on my tests and research, I am afriad the .NET FCL SetAccessControl
method cannot be used to modify the permission on the remote nachine
registry key, the FCL doesn't provide this functionality.

But I found one utility SetACLable to do this, with it helps:

SETACL (freeware) at
http://setacl.sourceforge.net/

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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