How to do a global change of names in a security dir!
a staff member was given the job of creating a new security dir and moving the data from the old to the new. what he did was to delete the user and they chould not log in, create a new login for them we are using microsoft 2003 server, under XP pro.
anyone know how to globaly move user data from one dir to another"?
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December 20, 2007 5:33 PM
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December 22, 2007 11:16 PM
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There is a GUI option for Robocopy, though the CLI works just fine as well. For more information on the GUI, review the following article <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/</a>.
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there is a program I believe is called Robocopy. it will move the data to another place and also keep the security that was on it in place. then just change the AD account to point to the new directory. yes it has to be done when they are not logged in or they will start receiving a lot of errors and the copy will not work correctly because of open files.
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Yes Robocopy is an option, as is xcopy and xcopy32. You can review both options at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289483.
You mention a user being deleted and created again, which would generate a new SID for that user. Depending on when the original delete took place, you may be able to recover the original deleted user. That would clear up risidual resource assess issues in the environment for that user.
You may want to review the following MSKB article on how permissions are handled during file and folder copy and move operations to see exactly which applies to you in this instance, and help you better determine how approach this effort http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310316.