winbindd and copying NT files/ACLs

[Rob Helmer]

Great, thanks for the info Glenn! I'll do the copy this way.


On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 03:23:42PM -0500, Glenn Sieb wrote:
> Hey guys-- I think /o is what you're looking for here... but as a service:
> 
> C:\>xcopy /?
> Copies files and directory trees.
> 
> XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
>                             [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
>                             [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z]
>                             [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]
> 
>    source       Specifies the file(s) to copy.
>    destination  Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
>    /A           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
>                 doesn't change the attribute.
>    /M           Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
>                 turns off the archive attribute.
>    /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
>                 If no date is given, copies only those files whose
>                 source time is newer than the destination time.
>    /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
>                 Specifies a list of files containing strings.  When any of the
>                 strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
>                 copied, that file will be excluded from being copied.  For
>                 example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
>                 all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
>                 .obj extension respectively.
>    /P           Prompts you before creating each destination file.
>    /S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
>    /E           Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
>                 Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
>    /V           Verifies each new file.
>    /W           Prompts you to press a key before copying.
>    /C           Continues copying even if errors occur.
>    /I           If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
>                 assumes that destination must be a directory.
>    /Q           Does not display file names while copying.
>    /F           Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
>    /L           Displays files that would be copied.
>    /H           Copies hidden and system files also.
>    /R           Overwrites read-only files.
>    /T           Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
>                 include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
>                 empty directories and subdirectories.
>    /U           Copies only files that already exist in destination.
>    /K           Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only 
> attributes.
>    /N           Copies using the generated short names.
>    /O           Copies file ownership and ACL information.
>    /X           Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
>    /Y           Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
>                 existing destination file.
>    /-Y          Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
>                 existing destination file.
>    /Z           Copies networked files in restartable mode.
> 
> The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
> This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.
> 
> Good luck, David!
> 
> Glenn
> 
> 
> On 11:56 AM 1/15/2002 -0500, Kohei Yoshida said the following:
> >On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 08:51, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > > Copying to an NT server doesn't preserve them either, as I recall.  Network
> > > copies just don't preserve ACLs...the file gets the default ACL for the
> > > folder it's going into.  If you find a good way to do this kind of 
> > migration
> > > while keeping the ACLs intact you'll make a lot of people very happy. ;)
> >
> >Well, I think Jerry once said xcopy with the correct switch copies
> >directory trees with ACLs preserved.  I just don't know what switch to
> >use though, and the Windows 2000 help isn't really helpful in this
> >regard...  However I did find via Google search that the '/o' switch
> >accomplishes this if copying from Win2k.
> 
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> Glenn E. Sieb, System Administrator
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