FileSecurity Class
Represents the access control and audit security for a file. This class cannot be inherited.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The FileSecurity class specifies the access rights for a system file and how access attempts are audited. This class represents access and audit rights as a set of rules. Each access rule is represented by a FileSystemAccessRule object, while each audit rule is represented by a FileSystemAuditRule object.
The FileSecurity class is an abstraction of the underlying Microsoft Windows file security system. In this system, each file has a discretionary access control list (DACL), which controls access to the file, and a system access control list (SACL), which specifies the access control attempts that are audited. The FileSystemAccessRule and FileSystemAuditRule classes are abstractions of the access control entries (ACEs) that comprise DACLs and SACLs.
The FileSecurity class hides many of the details of DACLs and SACLs; you do not have to worry about ACE ordering or null DACLS.
Use the FileSecurity class to retrieve, add, or change the access rules that represent the DACL and SACL of a file.
To persist new or changed access or audit rules to a file, use the SetAccessControl method. To retrieve access or audit rules from an existing file, use the GetAccessControl method.
The following code example uses the FileSecurity class to add and then remove an access control list (ACL) entry from a file. You must supply a valid user or group account to run this example.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Security.AccessControl Module FileExample Sub Main() Try Dim fileName As String = "test.xml" Console.WriteLine("Adding access control entry for " & fileName) ' Add the access control entry to the file. AddFileSecurity(fileName, "DomainName\AccountName", _ FileSystemRights.ReadData, AccessControlType.Allow) Console.WriteLine("Removing access control entry from " & fileName) ' Remove the access control entry from the file. RemoveFileSecurity(fileName, "DomainName\AccountName", _ FileSystemRights.ReadData, AccessControlType.Allow) Console.WriteLine("Done.") Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(e) End Try End Sub ' Adds an ACL entry on the specified file for the specified account. Sub AddFileSecurity(ByVal fileName As String, ByVal account As String, _ ByVal rights As FileSystemRights, ByVal controlType As AccessControlType) ' Get a FileSecurity object that represents the ' current security settings. Dim fSecurity As FileSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(fileName) ' Add the FileSystemAccessRule to the security settings. Dim accessRule As FileSystemAccessRule = _ New FileSystemAccessRule(account, rights, controlType) fSecurity.AddAccessRule(accessRule) ' Set the new access settings. File.SetAccessControl(fileName, fSecurity) End Sub ' Removes an ACL entry on the specified file for the specified account. Sub RemoveFileSecurity(ByVal fileName As String, ByVal account As String, _ ByVal rights As FileSystemRights, ByVal controlType As AccessControlType) ' Get a FileSecurity object that represents the ' current security settings. Dim fSecurity As FileSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(fileName) ' Remove the FileSystemAccessRule from the security settings. fSecurity.RemoveAccessRule(New FileSystemAccessRule(account, _ rights, controlType)) ' Set the new access settings. File.SetAccessControl(fileName, fSecurity) End Sub End Module
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