Copy Folders and Files While Keeping Ownership and Permissions

Contributor Icon Contributed by MickeyMouse Date Icon October 8, 2005  
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows installation

Most copy commands give the new files and directories the same secuity information as the parent directory. Here is how to preserve the ownership and ACL information.


You are in an NFTS environment and moving folders and files around like crazy. Then you notice that the Access Control List (ACL) information for those folders is not what you expected.

Typical copy commands do not preserve the ownership and ACL infomation.

To preserve this information you must copy with the XCOPY command.

XCOPY /O will preserve this information correctly.

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