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Aniruddha Deshpande

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How To Check File Permissions In C#

10.28.2010

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        Use following snippet to find a file's associated DACL (Discretionary Access control List)

ArrayList fileACL = new ArrayList();
FileSecurity fileSecurity = new FileSecurity(@"C:\Windows\system.ini", AccessControlSections.Access);

            AuthorizationRuleCollection arc = fileSecurity.GetAccessRules(true, true, typeof(NTAccount));
            foreach (FileSystemAccessRule rule in arc)
            {
                fileACL.Add(rule.IdentityReference + ":" + rule.AccessControlType + " " + rule.FileSystemRights.ToString());
            }

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