Hi all,
I wanna use cacls.exe wich comes with windows in a batch file but i have the prob
that everytime a y/n question pops up.

Is there a way 2 handle this ?

TIA

you can't use cacls.exe in a batch script like that (so with the /y thingie)
use xcacls.exe for that (google)

try

cacls.exe /y

dude...

a helpfull tip...

lets say u have a command that requires comfirmatin...

hm.mm...lets say: format c:

just use format c: /y

/y for yes /n for no...

hope it helps..


c ya...

uh ya thx man 4 the fast answer @MrBob

/y dont works with cacls

Here is a direct link i found, if someone is toooo Lazy

http://www.asr-informatique.com/download/xcacls.exe


cu @ll

PS: great forum over here

An usefull tips for all people who used batch is :

prompt n

With this line in the begin of your batch you remove prompt for some command. Maybe not usefull with calcs.exe but very usefull with another command like xcopy,.....

See ya,

c°h° try to use the 'pipe' function... (well I don't know if it works in batch files too):

echo y|cacls ....


RFlash

Way to go nice post!

+/y..
just like net use * /delete /y

Just great infos . Nothing more to say

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=135268

Says:

The CACLS.EXE command line utility does not provide a /Y switch that automatically answers with Y for Yes to the ARE YOU SURE? Y/N prompt. However, you can use the echo command to pipe the character Y as input to the ARE YOU SURE? Y/N prompt when you call Cacls.exe in a batch file.

To programmatically answer with Yes to the ARE YOU SURE? Y/N prompt during batch file execution, use the following command line in your batch file:

echo y| cacls filename /g username:permission
NOTE: Do not type a space between the "y" and the pipe symbol (|), otherwise, Cacls.exe fails to make the permission changes.

In larger batch files, this may produce the following error before continuing to the next line:
The Process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe.
The echo command does not expel its output before the system has a chance to build the pipe to cacls. There are different ways to work around this.

As an alternative, you can create a dummy file with just a "y" in it and use the syntax:

Cacls "F:\Directory" /g "Domain Users":R < yes.txt
Or you can use the xcacls utility which does allow the /y:

xcacls "F:\Directory" /e /g "Domain Users":R /y

I use this:
echo y>y.txt
Cacls "commands" <y.txt

go gettas way works best!
and is handy to place at the beginning of a script, how ever theyre all good!

the two solutions are nice guys .. instead of getting an exe from outside the server ...

works... thx