PERMS.exe (NT Resource Kit / Standard in Win 2000)

Display a user’s ACL access permissions for a file. Output from PERMS may be misleading in cases where a user has inherited permission through membership of an NT workgroup.

syntax
      PERMS [account] [path] options

key
   account : username or [domain\|computer\]username 

   path    : name of a file or folder in any legal format
             including UNC names
             Wildcards are permitted.

   /i      : interactively logged on to the computer
             where the path resides.
             (rather than being connected via the network)

   /s      : include subfolders

Access  Description  

R  Read file/folder.

W  Write file/folder.   

X  Execute file.  

D  Delete file or folder. May be inherited from the parent folder
   via 'Delete Subfolder and Files' permission.

P  Change Permission.  

O  Take Ownership.   

A  General All  

-  No Access

*  The specified user is the owner of the file or folder.  

#  A group the user is a member of owns the file or folder.  

?  Permisssions cannot be determined. 

Related Commands:

CACLS - Display or modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) for files and folders
SHOWACL - Show file Access Control Lists (win 2000)
SUBINACL - Change an ACL's user/domain (use when the file owner has moved to a new domain)
ATTRIB - Display or change file attributes
XCACLS - Display or modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) for files and folders

Equivalent Linux BASH commands:

chmod - Change access permissions
chown - Change file owner and group