windows-acl

Rust library to simplify Windows ACL operations.

Using windows-acl

First, add the following line to the dependencies section of the project’s Cargo.toml file.

In the main Rust source code file, add the windows-acl external crate and import the symbols as follows:

NOTE: Altering system ACL entries require either Administrator privileges or the ability to acquire the SeSecurityPrivilege privilege.

Adding a mandatory integrity label

Adding an audit entry

Denying guest access to a directory

Removing entries

Example Applications

See query_acl.rs in the example/ directory.

Unit Tests

The current unit tests expect to be run in a single threaded environment with elevated privileges. By default, Rust executes unit tests with multiple threads. To successfully run tests, the following must be done:

1. Open an elevated privilege/Administrator Command Prompt or Powershell Terminal.
2. Set the RUST_TEST_THREADS environment variable to 1.
3. Run cargo test