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Number   :  9171
Date     :  2004-11-09
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: BDC to W2K via XXCOPY
Size(KB) :  2



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "craig_dayton"  wrote:
> 
> If this is a dumb sounding post, please consider that I am
> writing this at 2:00 AM EST. I am getting somewhat desperate,
> and I a very new to XXCOPY, and so I would appreciate any help.
> 
> I tried using robocopy to do what I need to do, and though I've
> had success with robocopy in the past (NT 4.0 server to NT 4.0
> server), I am having a problem with this task. Here are the
> details.
> 
> I need to copy the data AND the security information on the
> files and folders from a BDC (NT 4.0) to a Windows 2000 member
> server. With robocopy, I am able to copy the files over
> successfully, and the security permissions "appear" to be
> correct, but the clients cannot access the data, once it is
> on the W2K server.
> 
> So...instead of going any further with the explanation, does
> anyone feel that XXCOPY will help me get over this hurdle?
> I've never used it. I have NO problem buying it, but I
> desperately need something that will work. Otherwise, the
> team leaders and management will expect me to apply the
> security permissions on all of the folders by hand.
> 
> Any and all help that you can provide will be much welcomed.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Craig

I'm afraid you'll probably be out of luck although I'm not
100% sure. The command you want is:

xxcopy \src\ \dst\ /backup/sc

/backup (or /bu) will copy the source tree complete
/sc will copy ACLs and audit info

Type xxcopy /bu/sc/? to see a context sensitive list of the
switches this command invokes.

However here's the downside with /sc:

1. In the past when I've tried to use /sc on NT, non standard
permissions were not copied correctly and locked out the
directories involved (similar to what you've described for
Robocopy). I'm not sure but I think this problem remains
although I believe some improvement has been done.

2. The ACL's are different in NT and W2k and I'm unsure how
compatible they are. I once tried an xxcopy from NT to W2k
using /sc and it failed miserably. I didn't bother to dig deeper
at the time so I don't know whether the problem can be overcome.

I suggest you give xxcopy a try on some sample data and see
how you go. If it fails, try SCOPY from the resource kit.
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/nt4/x86/

I'm pretty sure that I used this sucessfully when xxcopy failed
to copy from NT to W2k. It's pretty basic but that doesn't
matter if you're doing a full 'dumb' transfer.

Sorry if my answers are a bit vague. I haven't had to worry
about copying security info for quite a while.

Garry



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