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CACLS Output Cannot Be Redirected

Article ID: 150911

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51 SP5
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

This article was previously published under Q150911

SYMPTOMS

When you try to redirect the output of CACLS to a file, the resulting information is incomplete. For example, the display output of "cacls c:\" is:

   c:\ BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)F
   Everyone:(OI)(CI)C
   CREATOR OWNER:(OI)(CI)F
   NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F

If you redirect the ouput with "cacls c:\ >file.out," File.out only contains the following:

   \:(OI)(CI)F
   :(OI)(CI)C
   :(OI)(CI)F
   \:(OI)(CI)F

CAUSE

With Service Pack 2 for Windows NT 4.0 and Service Pack 5 for Windows NT 3.51, Cacls.exe was modified to handle extended characters. This modification required output routines that cannot be redirected.

RESOLUTION

Use Cacls.exe that ships with the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM or use XCACLS from the Windows NT Server Resource Kit with Update 1.

NOTE: Xcacls.exe is located in the folder where you installed the Windows NT Resource Kit; the default location is C:\Ntreskit. On the Resource Kit CD, it is located in the following folder:

D:\<platform>\Netadmin

where D: is your CDROM drive and <platform> is your computer platform, such as i386 or Alpha.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

142661Cacls.exe May Report Errors when Handling Extended Characters

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Keywords: KB150911