Preserving File permissions

[brandondaly]

I need to move files from one domain to another (one is to be wiped out), but I've noticed that when the files are copied the access permissions are reset. Is there a method or utilities (preferably free) which can copy the data with the original permissions intact?




Regds,
Bran.

There are only 10 kinds of people in this world; Those who know binary and those who don't.

 

[dutch62]

Two things you can do in my opinion:

1) start -> run, type "cmd", hit enter

Copy complete with NTFS Security Permissions

syntax
SCOPY source [destination] [/o] [/a] [/s]
key
/o : copy owner
/a : copy auditing info.
/s : copy files in sub-folders.
SCOPY will accept UNC pathnames.

To copy other users' files, or to use the /o or /a switches, you must have Administrator privilege.

2) use a utility like Secure Copy. You can find it on

http://www.pnltools.com/productinfo.asp?productid=48

succes, Dutch

 

[brandondaly]

Thanks for the reply, I ended up testing scopy, ran into some problems with read-only files so I've left an attrib running overnight, but it should do the job fine. Thanks.

Regds,
Bran.

There are only 10 kinds of people in this world; Those who know binary and those who don't.