Set-ItemAcl

Sets new security information on an item overwriting the previous settings.

Syntax

Set-ItemAcl -AccessRules <AccessRuleCollection> [-Path] <String> [-PassThru]
Set-ItemAcl -AccessRules <AccessRuleCollection> -Id <String> [-Database <String>] [-PassThru]
Set-ItemAcl -AccessRules <AccessRuleCollection> [-Item] <Item> [-PassThru]

Detailed Description

Sets new security information on an item. The new rules will overwrite the existing security descriptors on the item.

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Parameters

-AccessRules <AccessRuleCollection>

A single or multiple access rules created e.g. through the New-ItemAcl or obtained from other item using the Get-ItemAcl cmdlet. This information will overwrite the existing security descriptors on the item.

Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-PassThru <SwitchParameter>

Passes the processed object back into the pipeline.

Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Item <Item>

The item to be processed.

Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Path <String>

Path to the item to be processed.

Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Id <String>

Id of the item to be processed. Requires the Database parameter to be specified.

Aliases
Required?	true
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Database <String>

Database containing the item to be fetched with Id parameter.

Aliases
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

• can be piped from another cmdlet* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• Only if -PassThru is used* Sitecore.Data.Items.Item

Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Take the security information from the Home item and apply it to the Settings item

$acl = Get-ItemAcl -Path master:\content\home
Set-ItemAcl -Path master:\content\Settings -AccessRules $acl -PassThru

EXAMPLE 2

Allows the "sitecore\adam" user to delete the Home item and all of its children. Denies the "sitecore\mikey" user reading the descendants of the Home item. ;P The security info is created prior to setting it to the item. The item is delivered to the Set-ItemAcl from the pipeline and returned to the pipeline after processing due to the -PassThru parameter. Any previuous security information on the item is removed.

$acl1 = New-ItemAcl -AccessRight item:delete -PropagationType Any -SecurityPermission AllowAccess -Identity "sitecore\adam"
$acl2 = New-ItemAcl -AccessRight item:read -PropagationType Descendants -SecurityPermission DenyAccess -Identity "sitecore\mikey"
Get-Item -Path master:\content\home | Set-ItemAcl -AccessRules $acl1, $acl2 -PassThru

Name   Children Languages                Id                                     TemplateName
----   -------- ---------                --                                     ------------
Home   False    {en, ja-JP, de-DE, da}   {110D559F-DEA5-42EA-9C1C-8A5DF7E70EF9} Sample Item

EXAMPLE 3

The following applies a new set of AccessRule to an item using Set-ItemAcl and New-ItemAcl when the PropogationType and SecurityPermission are the same.

$role = "sitecore\yourrole"
$rights = @("item:create", "item:write", "item:rename", "item:delete")

Get-Item -Path master:\content\youritem | Set-ItemAcl -AccessRules ($rights | ForEach-Object { New-ItemAcl -AccessRight $_ -PropagationType Any -SecurityPermission AllowAccess -Identity $role })

Related Topics

• https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/

• Add-ItemAcl

• Clear-ItemAcl

• Get-ItemAcl

• New-ItemAcl

• Test-ItemAcl

• https://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/security_administrators_cookbook_a4.pdf

• https://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/61/security_reference-a4.pdf

• https://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore6/64/content_api_cookbook_sc64_and_later-a4.pdf

• https://www.sitecore.net/learn/blogs/technical-blogs/john-west-sitecore-blog/posts/2013/01/sitecore-security-access-rights.aspx

• https://briancaos.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/assigning-security-to-items-in-sitecore-6-programatically/