Secure your web.config file

ScottGu has an excellent article on the latest ASP.NET Security vulnerability and a hacker could download your web.config file which may contain sensitive data. Solution is to include a simple "CustomError" section. Read more

NTFS Permission using Command Prompt and .NET Framework Class Library

To provide NTFS Permission to any file using the Command Prompt, here is the command

CACLS "C:\test.bat" /e /p EveryOne:f

The above command gives "Full" permission to the file "test.bat" for "EveryOne" user

For more info, visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490872.aspx

VB.NET code for the same,

Imports System.IO

Imports System.Security.AccessControl

Dim fSecurity As FileSecurity

fSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(fileName)

fSecurity.AddAccessRule(New FileSystemAccessRule("EveryOne", FileSystemRights.Write, AccessControlType.Allow))

File.SetAccessControl(fileName, fSecurity)