Reading Windows ACLs from Java

Question

From within a Java program, I want to be able to list out the Windows users and groups who have permission to read a given file. Java has no built-in ability to read the Win

Answer 1

mdma's answer covers the best approaches for Java 6 but here's a quick example for Java 7:

Path file = Paths.get("c:\\test-file.dat");
AclFileAttributeView aclFileAttributes = Files.getFileAttributeView(
    file, AclFileAttributeView.class);

for (AclEntry aclEntry : aclFileAttributes.getAcl()) {
    System.out.println(aclEntry.principal() + ":");
    System.out.println(aclEntry.permissions() + "\n");
}