One of the challenges of developing software in a Windows environment is dealing with user permissions. If a user can’t access a file, that can bring your script to a grinding (and sometimes unexpected) halt. Understanding what a user can and cannot do is crucial to avoiding this scenario and ensuring only files to which the user has access are available for reading, writing, and executing. Today we’re going to take a look at a look at how Legato can help you determine what permissions a user has and ensure those file permissions don’t inappropriately interfere with your script’s proper execution.
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