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I wasn't sure where this belonged..so..
I have alot of MS Office files on my NT4.0 Server that I need to copy to a different
folder on the Server. How do I perform the copy so the files maintain the
Users Permissions? I really don't want to manually reset all the permissions... ughh
When a file is moved to another NTFS directory, the existing permissions attributes are retained. However, when a file is copied, the file will take on the NTFS permissions of the directory in which it was copied. Copying a file is the same as creating a new file, so the attributes of the parent directory are taken on. Moving a file simply renames the pathname in the directory listings, so the original attributes are retained. Hope this helps.
There is a program called ROBOCOPY that will retain file permissions if copying... I have no idea where to get it, as it is just something we have here at work, but you should be able to find it by the name.
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<IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0"> Take a look @ this link, it might be helpfull: http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q249/2/49.ASP