How do I backup NTFS's $Secure ?
July 14, 2005 5:09 AM Subscribe
Anyone know of a way to backup/restore the $Secure metadata file in NTFS?
Preferably something that wouldn't require a full backup/restore of the entire file system?
Best answer: Use subinacl from the Server 2003 resource kit to export the ACLs as a giant textfile (something like (from the root of the drive)
You can use subinacl's playback function later to restore the information if necessary.
Alternately, you can create a mirrored directory tree of the drive with 0 data size using robocopy (Windows Resource Kit) as follows:
Do note that none of this will preserve the share permissions.
posted by j.edwards at 10:37 AM on July 14, 2005
subinacl /file *.* /display > blah.txt
You can use subinacl's playback function later to restore the information if necessary.
Alternately, you can create a mirrored directory tree of the drive with 0 data size using robocopy (Windows Resource Kit) as follows:
robocopy . \\server\backup_dir /create /copy:osu
Do note that none of this will preserve the share permissions.
posted by j.edwards at 10:37 AM on July 14, 2005
Response by poster: :D subinacl worked like a charm. thanks.
The subinacl that comes with the 2003 resource kit doesn't work, but, I managed to find an updated version on the Microsoft site. It was exactly what I was looking for.
My previous method was a giant kludge based off of xcacls.vbs which totally sucked :(
posted by yeoz at 3:29 PM on July 14, 2005
The subinacl that comes with the 2003 resource kit doesn't work, but, I managed to find an updated version on the Microsoft site. It was exactly what I was looking for.
My previous method was a giant kludge based off of xcacls.vbs which totally sucked :(
posted by yeoz at 3:29 PM on July 14, 2005
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posted by zsazsa at 5:56 AM on July 14, 2005