I wanted to add an AD group to all the files and folders in a share, the problem is inheritance had been turned off on lots of the folders so I couldn’t just add the AD group to the top and let it filter down. So the solution was to use PowerShell.
First I mapped a drive to the Share (x: in this case). Why didn’t I run this on the server? UAC is a pain in the bum.
You’ll need to change the path and the domain and AD group.
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Path X:\ -Recurse
foreach ($folder in $folders){
$acl = Get-Acl -path $folder.FullName
$accessRule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule `
("DOMAIN\AD_GROUP", "FullControl", "ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit", "None", "Allow")
$acl.SetAccessRule($accessRule)
$acl | Set-Acl -path $folder.FullName
}
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