Finding all the Files for Which a User Has Access

Use the Vista icacls command to find files that contain a specific SID in the file's ACL.

John Savill

September 25, 2007

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In Windows Vista, how can I find all the files for which a user has access permissions?
You can use the Vista icacls command with the /findsid parameter to find all files that contain a specific SID in the file's ACL. The following example shows the command syntax:

ICACLS *.* /findsid savilltechadministrator /t /c

where /t means to perform the operation on the nameddirectory and all subdirectories, and /c specifies that theoperation continues on all file errors, although the errormessages will still be displayed. You can also use the fsutilcommand, as follows:

fsutil file findbysid savilltechjohn d:documents

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