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Copy NTFS permissions from 1 folder to another

I have a folder that holds each of my user's data (%usernam%). I want to copy thos NTFS permissions as well as ownership of folders to another folder that has the same users but different data. Here is the example:

Folder A\%username%
copy all NTFS permissions including folder ownership to:
Folder B\%username%

What is the best way to go about doing this?

hlarse

Robocopy has this ability, to preserve NTFS permissions when copying.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy
It's part of the resource kit http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

Something like this:
robocopy source destination /COPYALL

lenivan

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To be clear...

I DO NOT want the copy the folder or its contents. I only want to copy the permissions. Will robocopy still work?

Madison Perkins

get the server 2003 resource kit and use xcopy.exe in conjunction with permcopy.exe. use xcopy /? and permcopy /? to get the proper command line switches. with these two tools you can do excactly what you want.

Madison Perkins

hmmm. just read your reply. so you want to read the ntfs permissions from one folder and apply those ntfs permissions to another folder that already exists. I know how to apply specific ntfs permissions to a folder with a script but not sure about reading them.

Madison Perkins

it may take a little time to get running but this might work.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/825751

Madison Perkins

here is a GUI for xcalcs.vbs script. I am testing your senario right now.

http://www.sh-soft.com/front_content.php?idcat=19&lang=1&client=1

hlarse

I don't believe robocopy will do what you want. Sorry about the confusion.

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lenivan

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madperk, so I am unable to copy ownership info from 1 folder and apply it to another?

ziad270

Setacl (sourceforge project) is able to do that.
http://setacl.sourceforge.net/html/examples.html

I just tested it successfully. From subfolder 1 to another subfolder 2 somewhere else

setacl -on "Folder1\Subfolder1" -ot file -actn list -lst "f:sddl;w:d,o" -bckp "E:\Listing.txt"

Then edit the listing.txt "Folder1\Subfolder1" --> "Folder2\Subfolder2"

and :

setacl -on "folder2\Subfolder2" -ot file -actn restore -bckp "E:\Listing.txt"

Your done...