{"id":203,"date":"2017-09-05T21:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:57:33","slug":"adding-folder-permissions-iis_iusrs-via-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrockwell.com\/blog\/adding-folder-permissions-iis_iusrs-via-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Folder Permissions to IIS_IUSRS via Powershell"},"content":{"rendered":"

For you scripting guys that want to automate everything, For website deployments, you can modify your permissions using the NTFSSecurity Module. This is a simple way to modify ACL’s with powershell. Much easier to use the NTFSSecurity module…<\/p>\n

First download the module from here: https:\/\/ntfssecurity.codeplex.com\/<\/p>\n

I would put it in your modules directory on the server. Then import the module with Get-Module -ListAvailable and Import-Module NTFSSecurity.<\/p>\n

Now, on to the simple and easy code:<\/p>\n

Add-NTFSAccess -Path 'C:\\SomeFolder\\SubFolder' -Account BUILTIN\\IIS_IUSRS -AccessRights Read<\/pre>\n
You can also use the following AccessRights. Actually, you should be able to get any name as the parameter but these are the most common:
\nModify
\nRead<\/p>\n
Also, as a note, IIS_IUSRS is a special internal group that you shouldn’t\/can’t prefix with the computer or domain name.<\/p>\n
For the Network Service or IUSR, you have to use “NT AUTHORITY\\NETWORK SERVICE” OR “NT AUTHORITY\\IUSR”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For you scripting guys that want to automate everything, For website deployments, you can modify your permissions using the NTFSSecurity Module. This is a simple way to modify ACL’s with powershell. Much easier to use the NTFSSecurity module… First download the module from here: https:\/\/ntfssecurity.codeplex.com\/ I would put it in your modules directory on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[89,88,21],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-powershell","tag-add-ntfsaccess","tag-iis_iusrs","tag-powershell-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t