Setting security rights for multiple users

[ccj]

I have a machine that I frequently have to change an external hard drive on. Each time I do that I have to create approx 40 folders and assign deny rights to 39 people and full access to 1 person on each folder. To do this currently I have to add each user and then click deny on 39 and full on 1. I have to do this for each folder and each person which of course takes a lot of time and is very monotonous. Can anyone tell me if there is a way that I can assign rights to multiple users at once for each folder? Hope my question is clear enough

 

[xwb]

Sounds like a job for a batch file. Use

[ul]
[li]mkdir to create folder[/li]
[li]icacls to set propeties[/li]
[/ul]

 

[xwb]

You can also do this in powershell, vbscript or javascript if you prefer them to windows batch. For vbscript and javascript, you might have to go into wmi.

 

[goombawaho]

I think you have a bigger problem - that's a total rube goldberg setup. Can't you design your data storage any more cleverly so as to avoid all that B.S.?

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