C# File SetAccessControl
Description
File SetAccessControl Applies access control list (ACL)
entries described by a FileSecurity object to the specified file.
Syntax
File.SetAccessControl has the following syntax.
public static void SetAccessControl(
string path,
FileSecurity fileSecurity
)
Parameters
File.SetAccessControl has the following parameters.
path- A file to add or remove access control list (ACL) entries from.fileSecurity- A FileSecurity object that describes an ACL entry to apply to the file described by the path parameter.
Returns
File.SetAccessControl method returns
Example
The following code example uses the GetAccessControl and the SetAccessControl methods to add and then remove an access control list (ACL) entry from a file.
using System;/* w w w. jav a 2 s . com*/
using System.IO;
using System.Security.AccessControl;
class FileExample
{
public static void Main()
{
string fileName = "test.xml";
FileSecurity fSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(fileName);
fSecurity.AddAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule(@"DomainName\AccountName",
FileSystemRights.ReadData, AccessControlType.Allow));
File.SetAccessControl(fileName, fSecurity);
fSecurity.RemoveAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule(@"DomainName\AccountName",
FileSystemRights.ReadData, AccessControlType.Allow));
File.SetAccessControl(fileName, fSecurity);
}
}