In this you will see how to get list permissions using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell.
Steps Involved:
- Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell by going to Start | All Programs | SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products | SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (Run as Administrator).
- Run the following script.
Powershell Script:
## Get the list permissions using SharePoint 2010 web service in powershell
$uri="http://serverName:10736/sites/ECT2/_vti_bin/Permissions.asmx?wsdl"
## $listName is a string which contains the list name for which you need to get the permissions
[String]$listName="DL1"
## $type is a string which contains the object type - List
[String]$type="List"
## Web Service Reference - http://Site/_vti_bin/Permissions.asmx
$permissionWebServiceReference = New-WebServiceProxy -Uri $uri -UseDefaultCredential
[System.Xml.XmlNode]$xmlNode=$permissionWebServiceReference.GetPermissionCollection($listName,$type)
## Creates an GetListPermissions.xml file in the D:\ which contains the permissions for the list
$output = New-Object -TypeName System.IO.StreamWriter -ArgumentList "D:\GetListPermissions.xml", $false
$output.WriteLine("<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8"" ?>")
$output.WriteLine($xmlNode.OuterXml)
$output.WriteLine()
$output.Dispose()
Output: GetListPermissions.xml

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