Maintaining Permissions on Files

[LadyTech]

I have alot of files on my NT4.0 Server that I need to copy to a different
folder on the Server. How do I perform the copy so the files maintain the
Users Permissions? I really don't want to manually reset all the permissions... ughh

 

[Edski]

When you COPY a file to a directory, the newly created file or copy takes on the permissions of the directory that it is in. If you MOVE a file, then it takes is permissions with it. It also depends on whether or not you are moving from FAT to NTFS. You can go get a program called RRS fromRepliweb that will allow you copy files from one server to another and carry all the permissions. It is a 30 day trial version.

 

[Marqui]

I thought it you MOVED to a different volume it inherits the permissions on that new volume, and that MOVE only retains its permissions if it is kept within the same volume...