NTFS - Knowledge Base Archives - Hivelocity Hosting https://www.hivelocity.net/kb/tag/ntfs/ Dedicated Servers, Private Cloud & Colocation Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:36:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 Copy files and keep their security and permissions https://www.hivelocity.net/kb/how-can-i-copy-files-and-keep-their-security-and-permissions/ https://www.hivelocity.net/kb/how-can-i-copy-files-and-keep-their-security-and-permissions/#respond Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:06:06 +0000 https://kb.hivelocity.net/?p=1140 By default when you copy files from one NTFS partition to another, the files inherit their protections from the parent directory. It is possible to copy the files and keep their settings using the SCOPY program that comes with the NT resource kit. SCOPY can copy owner and security audit information: SCOPY c:\savilltech\secure.dat d:\temp\ /o …

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]]> By default when you copy files from one NTFS partition to another, the files inherit their protections from the parent directory. It is possible to copy the files and keep their settings using the SCOPY program that comes with the NT resource kit. SCOPY can copy owner and security audit information:

SCOPY c:\savilltech\secure.dat d:\temp\ /o /a

would copy the owner and auditing information. You can also use /s to copy information in subdirectories.

The restriction for this command is that both the origin and target drives must be NTFS or the command will fail.

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