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darklion
Asked: 2011-03-16 22:12:19 +0800 CST

Failure to copy files with ownership/ACL information on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine

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I'm attempting to copy a directory tree, maintaining its ownership information using the command:

XCOPY S:\ProjectsDefault\Template\admin S:\Projects\00\111\admin /S /E /I /O

the command gives an Access denied error message, and while it does create the directory tree, the ownership and ACL information is not copied.

This is being done on a Windows 2008 R2 Server which has mounted a share from a Windows 2003 R2 domain controller. The user has been been granted full access to the share and is a member of the Domain Admins security group.

Oddly enough, the command does work if performed on a different (Windows 2003 R2 Server). (It also works if done using the Domain Administrator account on the 2008 server.)

windows permissions windows-server-2008-r2

2 Answers

  1. Have you tried running your command shell as Administrator? Some of your privileges will be filtered away by the UAC.

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  2. Personally I like robocopy more than xcopy. Robocopy is a bit more robust., and also has better logging capability. The command you will need to use will be like this then:

    robcopy "S:\ProjectsDefault\Tempalte\admin" "S:\Projects\00\111\admim" /e /copyall

    See here for more information about robocopy.By the way isn't there a spelling mistake in Tempalte (instead of Template) Robocopy

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