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1E 23.7 (SaaS)

FileSystem.GetFilePermissions

Method

GetFilePermissions

Module

FileSystem

Library

Core

Action

Returns the set of permissions for a specified file or directory.

Parameters

FilePath (string) : The full path of the file or directory.

Return values

Each permission is returned as a row of these values:

UserOrRole (string): A user-friendly representation of a username or role. So for example username BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS is the user-friendly representation of Security Id S-1-5-32-544. A Linux role is of the form Owner, Group or Others.

Inheritance (string): The inheritance properties for this permission, for example Inherited, None or "ForInheritanceOnly, FoldersInherit, FilesInherit". Currently populated for Windows and macOS.

AccessClass (string): An access class for this permission, typically Allow, Deny, Audit or Alarm.

AccessProperties (string): The access properties for this permission, for example "Read,Write,Execute", FullControl or Special.

The individual access property values are supported as follows:

Access Property

Windows

Linux

Mac

Meaning if access allowed

AddFile

yes

(ACL) For a directory, add a file

AddSubDirectory

yes

(ACL) For a directory, add a subdirectory

Append

yes

(ACL) Append to a file

AppendData

yes

Append to a file

ChangePerms

yes

Modify the DACL in the object security descriptor for the file or directory

Chown

yes

(ACL) Change owner

CreateFiles

yes

For a directory, create files within

CreateFolders

yes

For a directory, create subdirectories

Delete

yes

yes

(ACL) For a directory, delete an existing file or subdirectory

DeleteChild

yes

yes

Windows: For a directory, delete it and all the files it contains (its children), even if the files are read-only.

Non-Windows: (ACL) For a directory, delete a file or subdirectory.

Execute

yes

yes

yes

The file can be executed or the directory can be traversed and searched

FullControl

yes

Every right that Modify has, plus Change Permission and Take Ownership rights

List

yes

(ACL) The contents of the directory can be listed

ListFolder

yes

For a directory, list the contents

Modify

yes

Create, delete, change, and move files within their directory

Read

yes

yes

The file/directory can be read

ReadAttr

yes

yes

(ACL) Read basic (non-ACL) attributes

ReadData

yes

The file can be read

ReadExtAttr

yes

yes

(ACL) Read extended (i.e.named) attributes

ReadPerms

yes

Read the security descriptor for the file or directory, excluding the information in the SACL

ReadSecurity

yes

(ACL) Read ACL attributes

SetGIDOnExe

yes

yes

If an executable file, run it with the group ID of the group

SetUIDOnExe

yes

yes

If an executable file, run it with the user ID of the owner

Special

yes

Some other access property

Sticky

yes

yes

For a directory, only the owner and root can rename or delete objects within it

Synchronize

yes

(ACL) Access the file locally at the server with synchronized reads and writes

TakeOwnership

yes

Change the owner

TraverseFolder

yes

For a directory, traverse it

Write

yes

yes

The file can be written to or the directory can have objects created within it

WriteAttr

yes

yes

(ACL) Write basic (non-ACL) attributes

WriteData

yes

The file can be written to

WriteExtAttr

yes

yes

(ACL) Write extended (i.e. named) attributes

WriteSecurity

yes

(ACL) Write ACL attributes

Example

FileSystem.GetFilePermissions(FilePath:"C:\\Test");

Platforms

  • Windows

  • Linux

  • MacOS

Notes

Tachyon uses the same terms as Windows Explorer, such as TakeOwnership except that it presents these attributes as single words in a comma-separated list. In addition, Windows Explorer uses the word "Special" to report complex permissions such as readExtendedAttributes, readAttributes, readPermissions, etc. Tachyon accurately reports every attribute, because "Special" says only that standard permissions are not applied to the file.

Tachyon follows the Windows Explorer example and distinguishes between Modify and FullControl. FullControl containing every right that Modify does plus ChangePerms and TakeOwnership rights. With modify rights, a user can create, delete, change, and move files within their directories. But they cannot change the permissions or change the owner of these files. This ensures that permissions set on these files, by an administrator, will remain uniform.

GetFilePermissions has been restricted to only search the local computer for the translation of SIDs into "domain\user". If the Owner/Group SID identifies a user on a domain that is not the local machine, then the SID will be stringized into the "S-1-5-21-xxx-yyy" format. The reason for this local lookup only is that the Agents involved will all be running the instruction at roughly the same time and thus this could be interpreted as a denial of service attack on the domain controllers.

For non-Windows endpoints, file mode permissions such as drwsrwsrwt are presented as minimal ACLs with the three roles Owner, Group and Other being presented. In addition, if any special modes are set for the file or directory then a Special role is also included which can include the set GID on execution, set UID on execution and sticky bit. For more information on these bits, a kapeli.com/cheat_sheets/Unix_File_Permissions.docset/Contents/Resources/Documents/indexreasnably good explaation is .

ACL support was added in the Linux 2.6 kernel and is available on a filesystem basis (ext2, ext3, ext, IBM JFS, XFS, reiserfs). Linux distributions typically offer ACL as an optional install feature, for example 'yum install acl' on Centos/Red Hat. Also, the file system will need to be mounted with the acl option. Linux ACL support is POSIX 1003.1e DS 17 compliant. This solution only offers read, write, execute permissions on a per user or per group basis, plus directory ACL attribute inheritance. The Linux solution is inferior to either MacOSX ACLs or Windows ACLs. Typically, ACLS are set using setfacl and displayed using getfacl.

ACL support is enabled by default for MacOSX Leopard onwards and the support is much richer than the Linux ACL solution, it is quite similar to Windows ACL solution. Typically, ACLs are set using chmod and displayed using ls -le. A good description of MacOSX ACL support is developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGuide/FileSystemDetails/FileSystemDetails.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH8-SW20.

ACL support for Windows is rich and comparable to MacOSX ACL support. A good description is technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783530(v=ws.10).aspx.

A good table of operating system/file system support for ACLs is www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_bac_aclsupt.html.

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