Moving directories and favorites

[mbrooks]

I would like to move all users home directories (on
network drive) and favorites(bookmarks stored in home
directory) from one network to another existing network.
The same accounts already exist on the destination network
and are being used. The thought is to first move the
server over to the destination network and then move the
files. Are there any scripts readily available that can
be used for the move; consolidating existing home
directories on the destination server with those that will
be moved over? Is there a script or program that will
allow me to merge the bookmarks for each user into the
existing bookmarks on the destination server. Will be
using EXMERGE to move the mail over.

 

[RP]

If by destination network you are referring to a new domain then you will
need to re ACL (permission) the destination shares to reference the new
domain user account.
Even if the users exist in both domains they will have different SIDS and
the shares will have to reflect this.

It is possible to migrate the whole profile.
To do this though you will need to re permission the NTUSER.DAT files.

This can be done by running a script which runs a REG LOAD command which
will load the DAT files and then use SUBINACL to repermission it and then do
a REG UNLOAD.

You can dump out a list of usernames for the permissioning script by using
ADDUSERS

I haven't got a sample to hand...sorry.
Hope this helps.
RP