Files set to Read Only when share is moved/copied

[fandabbydosey]

Hello,

I need to move a shared directory and files from Server2003-1 to Server2003-2 but when I move or copy the directory and re-enable the share all the file within the share are read only.

All files and directorys within the share have the correct permissions "Full Control" for the correct users etc etc.

I have even tried to restore the files from backup and still get the same problem.

If I try to remove the read only flag it appears again after it has processed.

I also noticed that before I moved the files the read only flag is set even when it resided on the orginal server. But the users did not get the "This file is read only" error when they changed it.

The read only error now appears if they access the file on the new share.

Thanks
Fandab

 

[fandabbydosey]

sussed it,

2003 server sets only read permissions on the root of the share.

 

[MrFusion]

Have you tried robocopy? You can use switches to copy permissions. I don't think it would take the share permissions though, just the file/directory permissions.