How can I change ACLs recursively using cacls.exe?

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Published on 2011-05-04T18:41:24Z Indexed on 2012/06/25 9:18 UTC
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I want to restrict the access for everything inside the work directory to me and the system only. I tried this with the following command:

cacls.exe work /t /p 'PIXLA09\Maaartin:f' 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM':f

However it doesn't work at all. The following command should show only the two specified users but instead shows a very long list of permissions:

cacls.exe work/somedirectory

I tried to use /g instead of /p, too. Since I didn't use /e the permissions shouldn't get edited but replaced.

Any ideas what's wrong?

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