in reply to user previlage in windows

why don't you use Win32::File.
For example if you want to make foo.txt read_only :- 
use Win32::File;
Win32::File::GetAttributes("foo.txt", $attrib) || die $!;
Win32::File::SetAttributes("foo.txt", $attrib | READONLY) ||
        die $!;

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cheers.

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Re^2: user previlage in windows
by dfaure (Chaplain) on Jul 06, 2004 at 13:31 UTC

    but if you want to make foo.txt readable only by foo_user and administrators?

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