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Business Definition for: cacls (presumably: change access control lists)

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms

cacls (presumably: change access control lists)

a powerful console-mode command in Windows 2000 and its successors for changing permissions and security attributes of files, analogous to chmod in UNIX. For example, the command
cacls myfile.txt /g "Domain Users":R
gives all members of the group "Domain Users" permission to read myfile.txt. For full documentation type:
cacls /?
The cacls command is used mainly in BAT files, since you can also change permissions by right-clicking on the file or folder and following the menus.

See also permission , chmod

Related Terms:

an attribute of a file that indicates who is allowed to read or modify it. For example, the UNIX command
chmod ugo+r-wx myfile.txt
sets permissions for the user, group, and other users of file myfile.txt by adding read permission (+r) and removing write and execute permission (-wx). InWindows, with NTFS, you can set permissions on a file or directory by right-clicking on it and choosing Properties, Security.

UNIX command for changing file permissions. For example of its use, see permission.

Referring Terms:

access control list

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