Moving home directories from server to server

[MISBoston]

Hello. I want to move user home directories from a NT 4.0 server to a W2K server. I want the home folders to have the same NTFS permissions after I move them. What is the simplest way to do this?

Thanks,

J. Bedsole
Boston

 

[Titleist]

MISBoston,

Use something like 'robocopy' from the Resource Kit. It is a command line utility and preserves all NTFS permissions.

 

[Seaspray0]

Those permissions are based on the SID. If you are going to upgrade the NT, then no problem. If you are going to recreate users on a new domain, then you will have a problem because the SID will be different. If your clients are going to be XP, you do have a nice utility that allows you to import all the user settings, documents, etc.