We are getting ready to migrate from an NT4 domain to an AD domain,
and part of that process requires that I move user shares around. I
have two directories, \svr\user$, and \svr\profile$. I need to move
these folders and all their contents to \newsvr\user$ and
newsvr\profile$. I took ownership, granted myself full control over
all the files, and copied them, using these commands:

subinacl /subdirectories \\svr\user$\*.* /setowner="domname\domain
admins"

xcacls \\svr\user$\*.* /t /e /g "domname\domain admins":f

xcopy \\svr\user$\*.* \\newsvr\user$\*.* /e/h/k/o/i

Now the problem I have is reassigning the appropriate ownership and
permissions to each user folder. I also need to assign the
permissions to the %username% folder. Doing them one at a time, I've
needed to do this:

subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]
/setowner="domname\[username]"

subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]\*.*
/setowner="domname\[username]"

As you can imagine, this is incredibly tedious. Is there a way to do
this automatically for all users in a certain directory?

Thanks for your assistance.
-Hank

Do you know about a shell built-in "for" command?
If you do, you should be able to perform the task. First, obtain a list of
usernames in a text file (dir /b >userlist.txt is a possibility). Then, use
that text file as list source for the "for" command and perform the commands
you need to transfer data in one big batch.

--
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To e-mail me, remove "nospamformorons"
from the address.


"Hank Eisenstein Google" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> We are getting ready to migrate from an NT4 domain to an AD domain,
> and part of that process requires that I move user shares around. I
> have two directories, \svr\user$, and \svr\profile$. I need to move
> these folders and all their contents to \newsvr\user$ and
> newsvr\profile$. I took ownership, granted myself full control over
> all the files, and copied them, using these commands:
>
> subinacl /subdirectories \\svr\user$\*.* /setowner="domname\domain
> admins"
>
> xcacls \\svr\user$\*.* /t /e /g "domname\domain admins":f
>
> xcopy \\svr\user$\*.* \\newsvr\user$\*.* /e/h/k/o/i
>
> Now the problem I have is reassigning the appropriate ownership and
> permissions to each user folder. I also need to assign the
> permissions to the %username% folder. Doing them one at a time, I've
> needed to do this:
>
> subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]
> /setowner="domname\[username]"
>
> subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]\*.*
> /setowner="domname\[username]"
>
> As you can imagine, this is incredibly tedious. Is there a way to do
> this automatically for all users in a certain directory?
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
> -Hank
>

I've never been good a scripts or batch files. Something we tried was

for /f %d in ("user profiles") do for /d %i IN (\\newsvr\%d$\*) DO subinacl
/subdirectories \\newsvr\%d$\%i\*.* /setowner=domname\%i && xcacls
\\newsvr\%d$\%i\*.* /t /g domname\%i:f

which didn't work very well at all. I'm unclear on exactly what it's doing,
because when we ran it on a test group, it wasn't pretty.
-Hank

"Dmitry Korolyov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Do you know about a shell built-in "for" command?
> If you do, you should be able to perform the task. First, obtain a list of
> usernames in a text file (dir /b >userlist.txt is a possibility). Then,
use
> that text file as list source for the "for" command and perform the
commands
> you need to transfer data in one big batch.
>
> --
> Dmitry Korolyov
> (E-Mail Removed)
> To e-mail me, remove "nospamformorons"
> from the address.
>
>
> "Hank Eisenstein Google" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > We are getting ready to migrate from an NT4 domain to an AD domain,
> > and part of that process requires that I move user shares around. I
> > have two directories, \svr\user$, and \svr\profile$. I need to move
> > these folders and all their contents to \newsvr\user$ and
> > newsvr\profile$. I took ownership, granted myself full control over
> > all the files, and copied them, using these commands:
> >
> > subinacl /subdirectories \\svr\user$\*.* /setowner="domname\domain
> > admins"
> >
> > xcacls \\svr\user$\*.* /t /e /g "domname\domain admins":f
> >
> > xcopy \\svr\user$\*.* \\newsvr\user$\*.* /e/h/k/o/i
> >
> > Now the problem I have is reassigning the appropriate ownership and
> > permissions to each user folder. I also need to assign the
> > permissions to the %username% folder. Doing them one at a time, I've
> > needed to do this:
> >
> > subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]
> > /setowner="domname\[username]"
> >
> > subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]\*.*
> > /setowner="domname\[username]"
> >
> > As you can imagine, this is incredibly tedious. Is there a way to do
> > this automatically for all users in a certain directory?
> >
> > Thanks for your assistance.
> > -Hank
> >
>
>

I have always found EXCEL very good at producing one off batch files to do
tasks like the one you want, You can usually export a list of users then
create an EXCEL formula to make the command line you. Copy the formula down
the column and cut and paste into a text file which you can rename to a .CMD
or .BAT file - test on a limited group first.

"Hank Eisenstein" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've never been good a scripts or batch files. Something we tried was
>
> for /f %d in ("user profiles") do for /d %i IN (\\newsvr\%d$\*) DO
subinacl
> /subdirectories \\newsvr\%d$\%i\*.* /setowner=domname\%i && xcacls
> \\newsvr\%d$\%i\*.* /t /g domname\%i:f
>
> which didn't work very well at all. I'm unclear on exactly what it's
doing,
> because when we ran it on a test group, it wasn't pretty.
> -Hank
>
> "Dmitry Korolyov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Do you know about a shell built-in "for" command?
> > If you do, you should be able to perform the task. First, obtain a list
of
> > usernames in a text file (dir /b >userlist.txt is a possibility). Then,
> use
> > that text file as list source for the "for" command and perform the
> commands
> > you need to transfer data in one big batch.
> >
> > --
> > Dmitry Korolyov
> > (E-Mail Removed)
> > To e-mail me, remove "nospamformorons"
> > from the address.
> >
> >
> > "Hank Eisenstein Google" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > We are getting ready to migrate from an NT4 domain to an AD domain,
> > > and part of that process requires that I move user shares around. I
> > > have two directories, \svr\user$, and \svr\profile$. I need to move
> > > these folders and all their contents to \newsvr\user$ and
> > > newsvr\profile$. I took ownership, granted myself full control over
> > > all the files, and copied them, using these commands:
> > >
> > > subinacl /subdirectories \\svr\user$\*.* /setowner="domname\domain
> > > admins"
> > >
> > > xcacls \\svr\user$\*.* /t /e /g "domname\domain admins":f
> > >
> > > xcopy \\svr\user$\*.* \\newsvr\user$\*.* /e/h/k/o/i
> > >
> > > Now the problem I have is reassigning the appropriate ownership and
> > > permissions to each user folder. I also need to assign the
> > > permissions to the %username% folder. Doing them one at a time, I've
> > > needed to do this:
> > >
> > > subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]
> > > /setowner="domname\[username]"
> > >
> > > subinacl /subdirectories \\newsvr\user$\[username]\*.*
> > > /setowner="domname\[username]"
> > >
> > > As you can imagine, this is incredibly tedious. Is there a way to do
> > > this automatically for all users in a certain directory?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your assistance.
> > > -Hank
> > >
> >
> >
>
>