Permissions

[Guest]

How do I copy files and folders from one server to the another server while
keeping the same ACL and ownership? I have tired xcopy /O but have not been
successful. Every time I copy a folder or file over, it propagates the
permissions from the parent folder.

 

[Herb Martin]

How do I copy files and folders from one server to the another server while
keeping the same ACL and ownership? I have tired xcopy /O but have not been
successful. Every time I copy a folder or file over, it propagates the
permissions from the parent folder.

If you are an Admin AND there is a trust (or same domain) for
the two locations (from destination to the user domain actually)
then xcopy /O should work.

Xcopy /o plays games with the permission that are NOT available
to normal users so you must be an admin on (at least) the
destination and the destination must be in the same domain as, or
trust the domain of, the users for the SIDS to make sense when the
changes are made.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for help Herb. However maybe I am doing something wrong. I am logged
in as Admin. The two servers are in the same domain, but all the permissions
are inherited from the parent directory when I copy. I am mapping server A to
the S: drive. Here is my syntax.

s:\xcopy * d:\apps /O /X /E /H /K

I have no idea why the permission are propergating down.

 

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

If Herb's suggestion doesn't get you on the right track, try Robocopy.

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544

Even though this is from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, it will work
on Windows 2000.

Hope this helps

Oli

 

[Guest]

Worked great! Thanks.

If Herb's suggestion doesn't get you on the right track, try Robocopy.

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544

Even though this is from the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit, it will work
on Windows 2000.

Hope this helps

Oli

 

[Herb Martin]

Thanks for help Herb. However maybe I am doing something wrong. I am logged
in as Admin. The two servers are in the same domain, but all the permissions
are inherited from the parent directory when I copy. I am mapping server A to
the S: drive. Here is my syntax.

s:\xcopy * d:\apps /O /X /E /H /K

I have no idea why the permission are propergating down.

I am baffled by this -- especially that RoboCopy worked
when XCopy didn't. (re: the other thread with Oli.)