permissions

dazormiq · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

I just purchased viceversa pro 2.0.0.9. I have a win 2000 server with a shared folder with a little over 300 files and folders inside of it that I need to copy to a new 2003 server. I already created the root folder and set the permissions on it. I ran viceversa and told it to include NTFS permissions. Yes both servers are in the same domain. All the folders on the new server do not exist yet so they will not have the same permissions, that was the whole point to using this software so we wouldn't have to reset a bit over 1200 different permissions. Also it looks like when viceversa creates the new folders it is using inheritance. I need to be able to disable that (the root folder privs are not the same on all the folders inside of it.

Anyone have any ideas how I can get all my files and folders over with the correct permissions?

Thanks,
dazormiq

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8759

Hello

Can you check on the VV log file if warnings are given?

Which permissions are not carried over? Could it be that the inheritance flag is messing up the copied permissions or permissions are not copied at all ?

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dazormiq · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

There are no errors showing up. All the newly copied folders are keeping only the inherited permissions. None of the permissions from the old server are being retained.

On the old server: Each folder that I am copying over has different domain users with access to specific parts of the sub-folders. With about 300 folders there are quite literally thousands of permissions set which are all different.

dazormiq · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

It has been a few days since my last posting. Any idea how to fix this problem? Is there someone I can talk to in sales maybe, because if all I can get out of the program is a nice looking graphical copy/paste I don't see the need to pay for this and as a registered user it would be nice to get some support.

Thank You

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8759

Hello - does it work OK using Windows Explorer?
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dazormiq · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

What do you mean? Versa pro does good at creating the files and folders, just isn't moving permissions.

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8759

I am sorry, I meant: when you copy a file using Windows Explorer does it retain the file permissions? This test is needed to see if copying permissions between source and target works with another program such as Windows Explorer. thanks
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dazormiq · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 5

oh, no I get the same results. The folders on the new server immediatly inherit the permissions of it's parent. I even went and tried removing all the inherit permissions from the newly created folders, deleting the files in them (leaving the empty folders behind) and trying to sync the folders but that doesn't correct the problem either.

Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

So I'm guessing after 3 weeks there is no real resolution to this problem then?

vdbp · Guest

I'm experiencing this too and the frustration is leading me to look at other products. I would also be wary about TGRMN Software's comments regarding copying files in Windows Explorer and checking permissions. Of course it won't work! If you are not sure what I'm talking about check out:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310316

rgds

vdbp

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8759

Hello

I'd like to help if I can...

a) Are source and target part of the same domain?
b) Is source the domain controller or target or neither?
c) I assume source and target are on different machines.
d) Do source and target base folders have the same permissions to start with?
e) What are the permissions on source that do not get propagate to target?
f) Does the same happen to all files and folders?

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Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8759

Hi -

Sorry about this other question ...

if your source is c:\x and your target is \\server\share\ do c:\x and \\server\share\ have the same NTFS permissions to start with?

Can you please send the log file of a run to support@tgrmn.com ?

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