Copy/transfer folder permissions without copying the files?

[Guest contactdellthornhill@gmail.com]

Hi all,

Is there a backup utility out there that will transfer folder

permissions, even if none of the files in the folder have changed?

 

Currently, we have have two Win2k3 servers - one server is a

fileserver and the other server basically shadows the fileserver

server. We synchronize the files between the fileserver and shadow

server, and then we backup the shadow server to an external hard drive

that the president of the company takes home with him at night which

takes care of our "off site storage" (it's a small company,

obviously).

 

Anyways, it occurred to us that with synchronization the folder

permissions are established when the folder is created for the first

time, and then never updated unless the folder name changes.

Obviously this is a problem because if we ever have to restore one of

those backups, we're not going to remember what permissions were on

what folder and something could easily get left open for the world to

see (like personnel/accounting information, etc).

 

Oh yeah, we're using Vice Versa pro for all of this synchronization

stuff.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks

-Dell

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Copy/transfer folder permissions without copying the files?

 

 

<contactdellthornhill@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:c3f7402e-83e2-4999-b3cc-1f4b879267e0@a35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> Hi all,

> Is there a backup utility out there that will transfer folder

> permissions, even if none of the files in the folder have changed?

>

> Currently, we have have two Win2k3 servers - one server is a

> fileserver and the other server basically shadows the fileserver

> server. We synchronize the files between the fileserver and shadow

> server, and then we backup the shadow server to an external hard drive

> that the president of the company takes home with him at night which

> takes care of our "off site storage" (it's a small company,

> obviously).

>

> Anyways, it occurred to us that with synchronization the folder

> permissions are established when the folder is created for the first

> time, and then never updated unless the folder name changes.

> Obviously this is a problem because if we ever have to restore one of

> those backups, we're not going to remember what permissions were on

> what folder and something could easily get left open for the world to

> see (like personnel/accounting information, etc).

>

> Oh yeah, we're using Vice Versa pro for all of this synchronization

> stuff.

>

> Any suggestions? Thanks

> -Dell

 

You could use permcopy.exe from the Technical Resource Kit.

[Guest John John]

Re: Copy/transfer folder permissions without copying the files?

 

contactdellthornhill@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi all,

> Is there a backup utility out there that will transfer folder

> permissions, even if none of the files in the folder have changed?

>

> Currently, we have have two Win2k3 servers - one server is a

> fileserver and the other server basically shadows the fileserver

> server. We synchronize the files between the fileserver and shadow

> server, and then we backup the shadow server to an external hard drive

> that the president of the company takes home with him at night which

> takes care of our "off site storage" (it's a small company,

> obviously).

>

> Anyways, it occurred to us that with synchronization the folder

> permissions are established when the folder is created for the first

> time, and then never updated unless the folder name changes.

> Obviously this is a problem because if we ever have to restore one of

> those backups, we're not going to remember what permissions were on

> what folder and something could easily get left open for the world to

> see (like personnel/accounting information, etc).

>

> Oh yeah, we're using Vice Versa pro for all of this synchronization

> stuff.

>

> Any suggestions? Thanks

> -Dell

 

To add to information already received from Pegasus, you can use Scopy

in conjunction with permcopy. Scopy does have some bugs, it can skip

files for no apparent reasons.

 

Tricks & Traps: Ask Dr. Bob Your NT and Win2K Questions

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/tips/0600bob.mspx?mfr=true

 

How to Use Robocopy to copy security information without copying any

file data

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323275

 

How to Copy Files and Maintain NTFS and Share Permissions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174273

 

 

The information in the following articles also gives examples on how to

copy permissions:

 

How To Migrate Objects from One Domain to Another in Windows NT

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301940

 

How to Migrate Objects from One Domain to Another Domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266083

 

John