How to get the Shared folder permissions with PowerShell?

To get the shared folder permissions using PowerShell, we can use the Get-SmbShare cmdlet.

For example, we have a shared folder name DSC and we need to retrieve its permissions, we can use the below command.

Command

Get-SmbShare -Name DSC

Output

Name ScopeName Path Description
---- --------- ---- -----------
DSC       *   E:\DSC

It doesn’t show the permission by default and we can retrieve the full list using Fl *. For example,

Get-SmbShare -Name DSC | fl *

And you can see the PresentPathACL property there. This property is used to retrieve the permissions on the shared folder. So we can directly use the command,

Command

(Get-SmbShare -Name DSC).PresetPathAcl

Output

Directory: E:\
Path Owner                   Access
---- -----                   ------
DSC BUILTIN\Administrators   Everyone Allow ReadAndExecute, Synchronize

To get the shared folder permission from the remote computer use,

Invoke-Command -ComputerName Labmachine2k16 -ScriptBlock {
   Get-SmbShare -Name DSC} | Select -ExpandProperty PresetPathAcl

Another direct command, you can use is Get-SmbShareAccess

Command

Get-SmbShareAccess -Name "Shared folder"

Output

PS C:\Temp> Get-SmbShareAccess -Name "Shared folder"
Name          ScopeName AccountName AccessControlType AccessRight
----          --------- ----------- ----------------- -----------
Shared folder    *       Everyone          Allow          Read

Chirag Nagrekar

Updated on: 01-Mar-2021

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