I need to change the permissions of a directory to be owned by the Everyone user with all access rights on this directory. I'm a bit new to the Win32 API, so I'm somewhat lost in the SetSecurity* functions.
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Ok, I figured it out:
SetSecurityInfo(hDir, SE_FILE_OBJECT, DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
This will give all permissions to all users for the given directory handle.
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4This is really dangerous. It removes all access control and security settings! Much better to follow the answer on this post for allowing full control to the "Users" group: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/690780/how-to-create-directory-with-all-rights-granted-to-everyone – Matt Connolly Dec 13 '11 at 02:45
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Are you sure this is a good idea? I spend a lot of time removing public access (especially public write access) from files and directories on Unix systems, in part because allowing anyone to remove or add files to a directory is an open invitation to abuse.
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It is actually a good idea, if file/folder must be accessible by everyone. – Maris B. Jul 06 '11 at 09:30
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1Making something writable by everyone can be quite different from removing all security and access controls, which is what the above does. – Matt Connolly Dec 13 '11 at 02:46