LINQ to Active Directory for accessible files

Question

I am new to active directory and I am trying to put together a query that will return list of users and groups who have permissions to read the contents of any accessible file. I can not find any samples that deal with files. So I am at a lost on how to start.

Answer 1

Take a look at this CodePlex project - looks like it's doing exactly what you want.

Answer 2

This might help - looks like it's what you're trying to do:

How to programmatically set NTFS file system folder permissions by using Active Directory Service Interfaces in Microsoft Visual C#

Basically, the files are "protected" by ACL - Access Control Lists - which is basically what you see in the UI tool - the "read", "modify", "full control" permissions etc. Those ACL's contain the user or group in question, and the permission to be set or removed.