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Migration NT to SNAP Server - 2000 pts

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by rgilbert 1 view

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Am moving Folders (with associated Permissions) from a Windows NT 4.0 server to a SNAP server. Does anyone have a process to do so quickly? At this point I can only see setting up folders on the SNAP, moving data and then recreating Permission .....a looooooong process as there are 100's of Folders, sub Folders, etc.

I have had suggestions of the NT backup/restore, xcopy, apps, etc. but these methods do not recreat Permissions properly.

Has anyone had experience with SNAP servers and migrating Folders?

Thanks ...

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by a.jongsma

The Snap Server provides security similar to that provided by NT servers running common PC-type NFS server products. Customers who use Snap Servers in NFS environments with UNIX should use the Snap Server Web-based administration to set up security for their files. UNIX sets read (r), write (w), and execute (x) permissions for each file. These permissions cannot be set independently for the owner, group, and other (world). The Snap Server file system, like Windows NT, supports only one level offile attributes (not three). In addition, the file system uses a single attribute, read-only. When NFS users set read, write, or execute permissions at any level for a file on the Snap Server, the permission gets set at all three levels and gets reduced to either full access or read-only access. For example, if you turn on read permissions at the group level, the Snap Server turns on both read and execute permissions for owner, group, and other.

by a.jongsma

You can only import user lists from only one domain, however, you can give users from another domain access to the Snap by creating local users on the Snap. Match the username and password that the user logs in with on the other domain.

by rgilbert

Thank you. I understand the Permission limitations and this is why I had asked the question .... does anyone know how to Copy files from an NT Server to a Snap Server quickly? Manypeople have been generous with their suggestion, but it appears I will have do it the loooong way; copying the Folders and then recreating the Permissions.

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