I have a script that copies folders to computers on the network but sometimes I need to set permissions to them. I tested this script below and it worked for one machine but it won't work for the others, it just hangs. Any idea why this wouldn't work?
# This is the file that contains the list of computers you want
# to modify permissions to. Change this path IAW your folder structure.
$computers = gc "C:\scripts\computers.txt"
# This is the folder you want to modify.
$source = "c$\AEM"
foreach ($computer in $computers) {
if (test-Connection -Cn $computer -quiet) {
"Modifying for $computer"
$acl = Get-Acl \\$computer\$source
$acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($True, $True)
# This is where you set the permissions you want, Modify the group (the first object) and the rights (the second object) as needed.
$rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("Administrators","FullControl", "ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit", "None", "Allow")
$acl.AddAccessRule($rule)
$rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("Users","FullControl", "ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit", "None", "Allow")
$acl.AddAccessRule($rule)
Set-Acl \\$computer\$source $acl
} else {
"$computer is not online"
}
}
It's pretty simple in terms of what it does. It goes out to the remote machine and leaves inheritance so I'm not overwriting anything. Then it adds permissions I have specified and should loop back until all the computers I listed in the text file have been modified. Works great when I do a copy, worked great on a single machine, but when I try it on other machines in one of our training rooms it fails on the first one. Am I missing something? I have administrative access across the network so it's not that I don't have permission to do this.
The script actually works as intended, with large files though and no progress bar it seemed like it wasn't doing anything. Applied an echo and progress bar.