The struggle with quotes, WScript.Shell RUN propertie and XCACLS

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Set permissions on bulk with XCACLS and VBScript is rather easy. But if you must pass some variables through the commad line, it can give you a long and painfull headache. For example quotes around variables for domain\username …

Using XCACLS with variables:


strUsername = "jos.de.vos"
strExerciseFolder = "D:\profiles\TEST\jos.de.vos\Exercises"

CommandLine2 = "cscript XCACLS.vbs " & strExerciseFolder & " /g " & chr(34) & chr(34) & "vcampus\" & strUsername & chr(34) & chr(34) & ":m /e"

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WScript.Echo CommandLine2 'print out your command line, to verify your string..
WshShell.Run "CMD /K " & CommandLine2