How to give permission to a directory using command prompt in Windows?

Question

I have to give permissions (Read, Write, Modify) to a user to a directory using command line in Windows.

Answer 1

Use cacls command. See information here.

CACLS files /e /p {USERNAME}:{PERMISSION}

Where,

/p : Set new permission

/e : Edit permission and kept old permission as it is i.e. edit ACL instead of replacing it.

{USERNAME} : Name of user

{PERMISSION} : Permission can be:

R - Read

W - Write

C - Change (write)

F - Full control

For example grant Rocky Full (F) control with following command (type at Windows command prompt):

C:> CACLS files /e /p rocky:f

Read complete help by typing following command:

C:> cacls /?