[Samba] Fwd: Migrate Files and Shares

[Chris Osicki]

Doesn't work for me. I migrate from EMC's Celerra not from a Windows box, but I don't think
it matters.
I don't see any permission given on the Windows site when I smb-mount the share. Just normal
Unix one, no ACLs.

Regards,
Chris  

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:45:37 +0200
Stas <narezatel at gmail.com> wrote:

> if you want to preserve permissions while copy data from windows to
> samba better mount windows share on samba server using "smbmount"
> utility and use "cp -p" to copy files.
> it worked for me.
> 
> On 10/10/07, Chris Osicki <osk at admin.swisscom-mobile.ch> wrote:
> >
> > Vijay
> >
> > I tried robocopy but it didn't work for me. I suspect that robocopy tried to things
> > Samba couldn't do. I haven't investigated much, though.
> > The data I've migrated so far was not much and after copying it I set
> > permissions with "setfacl" on the Server.
> >
> > It doesn't help you much, but you shouldn't feel anone ;-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:01:18 +0800
> > "Vijay S" <sun.vijay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Appreciate if someone can suggest a possible solution to this.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Vijay
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Vijay S <sun.vijay at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Oct 9, 2007 1:54 AM
> > > Subject: Migrate Files and Shares
> > > To: samba at lists.samba.org
> > >
> > >
> > > I have read about the net commands and the possible use of robocopy for
> > > migrating shares and files (with ACL preservation) from Windows to Samba.
> > >
> > > I have also read about many users who have posted various errors with both
> > > methods (error 5, access_denied, etc).  However, I have been unable to find
> > > any reponse/solutions to the same.
> > >
> > > I'd like to know if there is a solution to such problems and if there is any
> > > further documentation on how to achieve such a migration.
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Vijay
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