Copying Shared folders and retaining share and file permissions
I need to move several shared folders from 1 server running Windows 2000
Server to a new server running Windows Server 2003 SP2. I know when moving
shares on the same logical drive, the permissions remain. But what happens
when moved across the network to a new server in the same domain? How do I
keep the shared name, shared permissions, and all folder and file level
permissions entacted?
RE: Copying Shared folders and retaining share and file permissions
Create empty shared folders on the new machine.
Turn off inheritance of permissions to contained folders and files.
Use ROBOCOPY with the option /COPY:DATSO to move all folders and files from
the old shares to the new shares, preserving:
Data content
File Attributes
Timestamps
NTFS ACLs
Ownership
RE: Copying Shared folders and retaining share and file permission
I used the MSFT to move shared folder from one drive to the other one the
same server. I noticed it will create a new shared name on target, and upon
completion of the transfer, the source folder share still there. Is this
normal ?
To complete the move, is it just:
1. manual remove the source share
2. change the target share name
RE: Copying Shared folders and retaining share and file permission
This is normal behavior that the share permissions are still there after
you complete share permission transfer. After you make sure that the share
folders have been successfully migrated, you can remove the olds and adjust
share name. However, if you use DFS for file sharing, you can simply adjust
the corresponding access path on DFS server.
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