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The "AccessApply" Command - Applies Access permissions

Permissions defined with the "ACCESS" command can be used on the "File", "Files", "Directory", "DirectoryTree" and "Registry" commands, however sometimes you have preexisting items that you wish to use and this is what this command enables. To do this the "LockPermissions" table will be updated.

This command takes these parameters:

• Access (required)
  This is one or more (space separated) special user permissions which have previously been defined using the "Access" command(s).

• RowKey (required)
  This is a foreign key into a msi table.

• Type (required)
  This determines the table that the "RowKey" is a key into, Valid (case insensitive) options are:

  • FILE
    The "RowKey" is a foreign key into the "File" table.

  • REGISTRY
    The "RowKey" is a foreign key into the "Registry" table.

  • DIRECTORY or FOLDER
    The "RowKey" is a foreign key into the "CreateFolder" table.. You will need to also create the entry in this table if one doesn't already exist.

    Another (perhaps simpler) alternative way of doing this is to use the "Directory" command to create an alias while also using it's "access" parameter.

EXAMPLE

<$Access "FullAccess4Admins"        Access="GENERIC_ALL"                  Users="Administrators SYSTEM">
<$Access "ReadOnly4Users"           Access="GENERIC_READ"                 Users="Users">
<$Access "ReadAndExecuteOnly4Users" Access="GENERIC_READ GENERIC_EXECUTE" Users="Users">
<$Component  "CreateTheFolder" Directory_="<$AnyDir>" LM="Y">
    <$Table "CreateFolder">
        <$Row Directory_="PROTECT_THIS_DIR_FROM_USERS" Component_="<$Component?>">  ;;"PROTECT_THIS_DIR_FROM_USERS" directory already defined
    <$/Table>
<$/Component>
<$AccessApply Type="folder" RowKey="PROTECT_THIS_DIR_FROM_USERS" ACCESS="FullAccess4Admins ReadOnly4Users">
<$AccessApply Type="file"   RowKey="<$VENDOR_OCX_FILEKEY>"       ACCESS="FullAccess4Admins ReadAndExecuteOnly4Users">

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