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Number   :  9172
Date     :  2004-11-09
Author   :  rotaiv
Subject  :  Re: BDC to W2K via XXCOPY
Size(KB) :  1


At 11/9/2004 02:04 AM, craig_dayton wrote:

>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.

The SUBINACL.EXE utility from 2000 and 2003 resource kit will do the 
job. If can enumerate all the permissions for folders, shares and/or 
registry keys and save the results into a "playfile". This playfile is a 
text file and therefore, can be parsed, edited or modified to match the 
target environment. You then apply the "playfile" to the target server to 
restore the permissions. Because the relevant data is stored in a text 
file, it can be archived for future restoration or simply used as a 
reference to remind you how the old server used to look.

Here is a link from a good tips site that includes a batch file that sounds 
like just what you need:
http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBR/tip8500/rh8587.htm

One final note, with regards to file permissions, there are "local" users 
and "domain" users. If the source data has permissions assigned to local 
user accounts that only exist on that server, no utility can copy the 
permissions because the target server will not know which account you are 
referring to. That's where the SUBINACL utility is great because it can 
search and replace SID's to match up the new account. The fastest and 
easiest way is edit the "playfile" and search/replace the SID's before you 
use it on the target server.

Forgive me for asking the obvious question but have you considered using 
your backup software? Most decent backup programs will restore file 
permissions along with the data.

Hope all this helps.

rotaiv 



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