CW> I have built two samba4 boxes, one as a PDC and the as a DC, all working CW> perfectly. If I create a user through the mmc snapin then turn off the PDC, CW> I can still login to the domain using the DC which is great. The problem is CW> their files and ntfs permissions on BDC.
CW> I have assigned user and group rights using windows explorer to certain CW> folders, i.e granted user1 full permissions to that folder CW> The problem I have is trying to replicate/snc the users data/files from PDC CW> to DC whilst keeping the NTFS permissions that have been set. Rysnc doesnt CW> seem to keep the ntfs permissions CW> The reason for this is if the PDC goes down, user logs on using the DC and CW> can access their files which have retained their files and permissions. CW> Is there some way to achieve this? I'm in the same boat, and I'm only aware of two possibilities. 1) Robocopy - using a Windows client. BUT Robocopy doesn't do file deltas - changed files are copied in their entirety. Which isn't a problem if you don't have large files. But if you've got a 10G file that changes often, then this probably isn't the best alternative. 2) http://www.bvckup.com/support/ [Bvckup] This also appears to be a Windows utility, but does handle file delta's. I have never used this tool and so can't vouch for it in any way. If you find a functional solution, that preferably can be used on the two Linux/Samba boxes to do file-deltas and still maintain the permissions - that would be best. One other option that might work: Rsync the data, and use robocopy to simply duplicate the permissions structure. [I believe this is possible.] This last idea sounds bat$hit insane - but hey, it might actually work reasonably well. :) -Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
