fileacl.exe will not only export the permissions, it will optionally
do so in the form of a batch file that that you can use to re-apply
them after editing or whatever. It's a very nice tool indeed.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 07:54, helpdesk UK <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have come across a domain I need to migrate from Win2k ==> Win2k3 but
> before we do that we have come across a big problem with the current file
> server.
> It has not been maintained properly and the permissions are
> randomly assigned all over the place..... & not documented either.
> Some places groups have been used some places users...etc...also within
> shares permissions have been shared out to random users and map drives
> manually to some shares...The customer is also not at all happy with the
> file structure and the Directors have been complaining about it since 1
> year.
> So the File server has turned out to be a big problem for now & both parties
> feel this is the right time to invest in a few man days and get it
> sorted....
> The domain is in such a mess that both parties have agreed it is not worth
> migrating and they are starting from scratch on the new domain i.e. Win2k3.
> The plan is to simply export the users and send them to HR for approval and
> once done we will import them to the new domain i.e. this will result in
> ensuring only valid users are created. They have 12 Administrator accounts
> currently out of which 5 users don't even work for them any more and the
> accounts are still enabled !!!
> But for File server what has been agreed is we need to export all
> the permissions [ Share + NTFS ] dump it to an excel file for each folder [
> i.e. even if they are not shared ] within the file structure. Once this
> audit is complete we need to than present this information to the IT manager
> and restructure the data in correct shares with new set of drive letters and
> get this problem sorted using groups as opposed to individual users.
> So what I am looking for a script / tool of some kind which will dump this
> data to a excel file with information as follows....
> user name / group name   *** folder / file location *** permission assigned
> ***
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you all all in advance for taking th
>
> Stu
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