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 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
