I've just used Secure Copy 3 to do just this very thing, migrating local users and groups, and it worked fine. A little buggy on a few things, but let me tell you, well worth the money and the few bugs. A few didn't transfer because, somehow, the folks who created these groups were able to create some with reserved characters in the names (Don't ask how they did it. I don't know.) In the amount of time it took for me to recreate about 10 of these groups, Secure Copy was done with the migration of the other 890 groups, including the membership. I had only done the creation of the groups themselves on only 10, not the migration of the actual membership.
Trust me...buy it. If you don't have the cash, script it. Again, a little pain up front, but worth it in the end. Don't try to do it manually. It blows!! (from personal experience) -----Original Message----- From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:37 PM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Migrating Local Groups Between Servers? SecureCopy can handle this sort of thing. Otherwise, you'll have to enumerate the existing groups (NET LOCALGROUP | FIND "*") and use that output to create new local groups, and then populate those groups on the destination server. ============================================================== ASB - http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT ============================================================== "Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it anymore than we can without potatoes." -- Louisa May Alcott, American author (1832-1888). >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:24 PM >To: MSWinNT Discussions >Subject: Re: Migrating Local Groups Between Servers? > > >Thanks Andrew, however nothing I've looked at that's linked >from here really >covers how to migrate the local groups. > >I'm sure I can do it with subinacl but I am unclear on the >syntax I should >be using. > >rgds >Paul >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew S. Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "MSWinNT Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 6:38 PM >Subject: RE: Migrating Local Groups Between Servers? > > >> You can use tools like SecureCopy or script it using various ResKit >> tools >> >> See the following: >> http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=CopyPerms.TXT >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================== >> ASB - http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT >> ============================================================== >> "An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that >> inch of time with an inch of gold." -- Chinese Proverb. >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Paul Hutchings >> >Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:45 AM >> >To: MSWinNT Discussions >> >Subject: Migrating Local Groups Between Servers? >> > >> > >> >Hello All, >> > >> >I have an old DEC Alpha NT4 Fileserver which is a BDC. >> > >> >Permissions are set using "User -> Global -> Local -> ACL". >> > >> >We're about to replace this server with a Dell 755 NAS, >> >which runs embedded >> >2000 Advanced Server. It will be a domain member server. >> > >> >We have kit on order to replace the remaining domain >> >controllers and migrate >> >the domain to 2000. >> > >> >This is one of the situations where I appear to have >gotten stung by >> >following the MS best practice. I now need to migrate the >> >local groups to >> >the new server (which will not be a domain controller). >> >Once this is done I >> >plan on copying the data using Arcserve (which copies >permissions). >> > >> >I use Hyena which will copy local groups and members >between servers, >> >however the resulting SID is obviously different, so when >> >the copy is done >> >the permissions show as "Unknown" >> > >> >I've looked at Q250267 and am left wondering if there's any >> >options that >> >aren't quite so "manual" - using subinacl it looks like I >> >would have to do >> >each drive and group one at a time, to me the syntax isn't >> >the clearest so I >> >may be wrong >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> >Paul >> >-- >> >Paul Hutchings >> >Network Administrator >> >Tel: 024 7635 5378, Fax: 024 7635 8378 >> >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
