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JakeE
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Nov 22, 2023

Set-ACL "Attempted to Perform an Unauthorized Operation"

Hi Folks,  I'm currently working on automating security changes on Azure File Shares. As part of this process, I'd like to use Get-ACL and Set-ACL as the easiest ways to copy over a base set of pe...
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JasonWilliams4569
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Jan 02, 2024

JakeE 

Have you had any luck with this? I am having a similar issue with setting permissions on an Isilon share. I had set them in the past but I am needing to update them now to fix incorrect inheritance flags. However I get the same permission denied error message. 

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    anonymousawesomness
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    Feb 01, 2024

    JasonWilliams4569 Remove and re-add the share permissions at the share level, not the NTFS. Most everyone uses "everyone" with Full Control because NTFS trumps the share permissions anyway.

     

    Good luck.

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      JasonWilliams4569
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      Feb 01, 2024

      anonymousawesomness 

      Thanks for the reply. My issue turned out to be permissions set on the Isilon. I needed some root permissions to be able to script permissions versus using GUI. 

      https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/isilon/setting-acls-using-powershell-script/647f7fe1f4ccf8a8dee74b92 got me pointed in the right direction 

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