ansible/windows/win_acl_inheritance.ps1

#!powershell
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#
# Copyright 2015, Hans-Joachim Kliemeck <git@kliemeck.de>
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# WANT_JSON
# POWERSHELL_COMMON


$params = Parse-Args $args;

$result = New-Object PSObject;
Set-Attr $result "changed" $false;

$path = Get-Attr $params "path" -failifempty $true
$copy = Get-Attr $params "copy" "no" -validateSet "no","yes" -resultobj $result

If (-Not (Test-Path -Path $path)) {
    Fail-Json $result "$path file or directory does not exist on the host"
}
 
Try {
    $objACL = Get-ACL $path
    $alreadyDisabled = !$objACL.AreAccessRulesProtected

    If ($copy -eq "yes") {
        $objACL.SetAccessRuleProtection($True, $True)
    } Else {
        $objACL.SetAccessRuleProtection($True, $False)
    }

    If ($alreadyDisabled) {
        Set-Attr $result "changed" $true;
    }

    Set-ACL $path $objACL
}
Catch {
    Fail-Json $result "an error occured when attempting to disable inheritance"
}
 
Exit-Json $result