Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Copying lists and entries

Access lists can be copied from one object to another; for example, a template ACL might have been prepared:

$acl = Get-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\4 $acl.SetAccessRuleProtection($true, $true)$acl.Access |    Where-Object IdentityReference -like '*\Authenticated Users' |    ForEach-Object { $acl.RemoveAccessRule($_) }Set-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\4 –AclObject $acl

This ACL can be applied to another object:

$acl = Get-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\4 
Set-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\5 -AclObject $acl 

If ACL contains a mixture of inherited and explicit entries, the inherited entries will be discarded.

Access control rules may be copied in a similar manner:

# Get the ACE to copy $ace = (Get-Acl C:\Temp\ACL\3).Access | Where-Object { $_.IdentityReference -like '*\Authenticated ...