NTFS permissions: file copy from server to server

**tech-man** · 28th July 2008, 08:28 AM

Hi

I need to move student files to another server, how can I copy them to another server and retain NTFS permissions?

Thanks
Stuart

**kmount** · 28th July 2008, 08:37 AM

Robocopy.

**tech-man** · 28th July 2008, 08:45 AM

Thanks, where can I get this from?

**kmount** · 28th July 2008, 08:50 AM

It comes with the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit.

Links here and the Wikipedia link here.

**powdarrmonkey** · 28th July 2008, 09:13 AM

xcopy, which is already included.

**kmount** · 28th July 2008, 09:19 AM

I found xcopy limiting, moved from that to xxcopy, and then onto Robocopy.

**Geoff** · 28th July 2008, 10:05 AM

Code:

robocopy \\server1\share \\server2\share /MIR /SEC

Does the job. Takes ages though. :P

**tech-man** · 28th July 2008, 11:07 AM

I did robocopy o:\ednet o:\ednet /E /COPYALL is that ok?

Stuart

**Geoff** · 28th July 2008, 11:57 AM

Yep, the only difference between what I use and that is that it wont remove files that exist on the destination that do not exist on the source.

**FN-GM** · 28th July 2008, 12:35 PM

If you like a GUI you might find this easier to use - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Thanks to kmount from: