How to document Permissions Structure?

[bev]

Our Division is being transferred from 1 department to another. That means all our file folders need to migrate. Currently our folders are on Windows 2000 servers with Active Directory. Is there a way to document the current User and Group Permissions so that we can recreate it on the new server? Or what is the best way to handle it in order to minimize needing to recreate each folder permission manually?

Thanks in advance for your help. I'm not a Server Admin, just a techie user whose involved.

Bev

 

[pgaliardo]

Are the new servers in the same domain or reachable from the current domain. If they are, use robocopy to copy the folders and retain permissions. Robocopy is available in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/default.asp

 

[itsp1965]

For documentation purposes, you can use the SHOWACLS resource kit tool to dump the ACLs for all folders starting from the root and "pipe it" to a text file;

Ex) C:> SHOWACLS *.* /S > ACL_FOR_C.TXT

The output isn't pretty but it does it's job.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

I agree with pgaliardo - Robocopy, it will copy your NTFS permissions. Just document your shares (sharename(s), permissions). If you need to document all folders and files on the file surver, another suggestion is DumpSec.exe (find on the net).

 

[porkchopexpress]

I think Dumpsec will provide this functionality as well.

http://www.somarsoft.com/