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I have two directory trees that are supposedly copies of each other. I need to compare not the contents of files but the permissions on them. Is there a tool that will compare two dir trees but compare the ACLs on files and directories, not the file contents themselves? I am on Windows Server.

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This tool may be your best bet http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318754

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Thanks. I think that tool is a building block for what I'm looking for but it doesn't do the compare between two items and output the diffs. – DaveBurns Dec 9 '10 at 21:22
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Use xcacls as @cpgascho suggested but send the output to dir1.txt and dir2.txt. Then use winmerge to compare the two text files. – sdanelson Dec 10 '10 at 2:07
yes winmerge is a great tool for doing the diff – cpgascho Dec 10 '10 at 15:03
Not sure how to score this for props. The best answer is @sdanelson 's above. I ran xcacls on the two trees and then diff'ed output with any diff tool (could be winmerge, could anything else). Thanks! – DaveBurns Feb 5 '11 at 15:32
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