Re: Audit of file permissions on per-user basis

["Al Cook" <cookas () msn com>]

I would also find this very helpful!

Thanks, Al


> From: "CHRIS GRABENSTEIN" <LFGRABC () LF VCCS EDU>
> To: "Security-Basics@Securityfocus. Com (E-Mail)" 
> <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: Audit of file permissions on per-user basis
> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:47:50 -0500
>
> Hello list,
>    Due to an upcoming audit I need to be able to produce an on-demand 
> report
> of any given user's permissions on an NTFS (Mostly Win2k, some NT4)
> filesystem.
>
>    I've tried showacls.exe but the output is not in a format I can easily
> parse out results for a particular user.
>
>    I've also tried SomarSoft's DumpSec.  I can import the results into an
> access database and work with it fairly easily, but it can't seem to handle
> any permissions besides read, write, or execute.  Anything else produces a
> hex value that I can't interpret.  It might have to be "good enough".
>
>    Is there a tool out there that can produce a readable and accurate 
> report
> of permissions for a particular user (or even all users in a format I can
> parse myself)?  I've searched Google and the Security Focus mailing list
> archives.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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