Setting ACLs on Website directories using PowerShell

One of the extremely common tasks I have to perform whenever I set up a website or virtual directory/application in IIS is that I have to also set up folder/directory permissions on the newly created directory as well.

This can be time consuming and error prone, especially if you have to set up numerous directories either on a single web server or multiple web servers.

That is why I heavily rely on PowerShell to help me accomplish this task!

For a primer on just how to accomplish this using PowerShell, you can check out this article: http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/powershell-manage-file-system-acl,2-837.html

Of course, my needs are targeted towards IIS website directories in particular, so I have modified the original script to suit my needs.

You can check out my version of the PowerShell script:

	Clear-Host
	$WebsiteDir = "G:\Websites\DemoApp"
	[string[]] $ACLPerms = "Administrators", "IIS_IUSRS", "IUSR"
	#Assign the ACL Permissions
	foreach ($permission in $ACLPerms)
	{
	$AccessRule =New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($permission,"FullControl","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","InheritOnly","Allow")
	$ACL=Get-Acl $WebsiteDir
	$ACL.SetAccessRule($AccessRule)
	Set-Acl $WebsiteDir -AclObject $acl
	}#foreach

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