Folder permissions VB 2005

[philg1984]

Hi, I am trying to create a named folder using VB2005 and then set
permissions for this folder for a new user i want to create using just code.
I have searched and not found any code which works. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[Henning Krause [MVP]]

Hello Phil,

what exactly do you want to do?
1. Create a folder
2. Set permission on that folder
3. Create a new user?
4. Set permission on the folder for the newly created user?

Greetings,
Henning

 

[philg1984]

Thats right. Thanks.

Hello Phil,

what exactly do you want to do?
1. Create a folder
2. Set permission on that folder
3. Create a new user?
4. Set permission on the folder for the newly created user?

Greetings,
Henning

 

[Henning Krause [MVP]]

Hello,

the correct order would be this:

1. Create the new user
2. Prepare a DirectorySecurity and populate it with the necessary entries
3. Call Directory.CreateDirectory(directory, security) to create the
directory with the security settings.

The first step is the tricky one and depends whether you want to create a
local user or a user in Actice Directory.
To create a local user, see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306271
To create a user in AD, see
http://www.irishdev.com/blogs/jbrennan/archive/2005/02/01/455.aspx.

Once created you can use the NtAccount class to create your
DirectorySecurity:
NTAccount account = new NtAccount(username);
DirectorySecurity sec = new DirectorySecurity();
sec.SetAccessRule(new FileSystemRule(account, FileSystemRights.Read,
AccessControlType.Allow));
// Set the other necessary access rules

Directory.CreateDirectory(name, sec);

Greetings,
Henning Krause