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Running Beyond Compare on the target server will sometimes resolve the issue.Title: NTFS Permission Analyser. If Beyond Compare is run on a client PC or on the source server for a copy between two Windows servers, permissons may fail to copy with "Unable to copy NTFS permissions" shown in the log. Known Issue - Unable to Copy NTFS Permissions If the setting is enabled but NTFS permissions fail to copy with the log showing "Unable to copy NTFS permissions", updating NAS device firmware will sometimes resolve the issue. Non-Windows network attached storage (NAS) device compatibility with Beyond Compare's Copy NTFS file permissions setting varies by manufacturer and firmware version. If the folder being copied denies write access to the logged on user, Beyond Compare will copy the folder, set the deny permissions on it, and then fail to copy the contents of the folder. The current implementation does a simple copy of security descriptors immediately after a file or folder is copied. Known Issue - Folders with read only permissions

If the source file is set to block permissions from its parent, permissions are copied from the source and no permissions are inherited from the target parent. If the source file (or folder) is set to inherit permissions from its parent, non-inherited permissions are copied and inheritable permissions from the parent on the target side are inherited. Handling of InheritanceĪfter each file or folder is copied, the security descriptor (owner, group, dacl, sacl) is copied.

Setting the value to 1 will enable the feature, 0 will disable it. To enable the copying of NTFS security descriptors, create a DWORD registry key named HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare\Settings\CopyACLs. In a Folder Compare or Folder Sync session, select Session Settings from the Session menu.Ĭheck Copy NTFS file permissions (requires admin rights). This option does not preserve permissions of files saved in the File Viewer. With it enabled, any of Beyond Compare's copy commands (copy, copy to folder, move, move to folder, and sync commands) will copy security descriptors of files on NTFS file systems under Windows 2000 or newer.

Copying NTFS Security Descriptors Windows only Requirementsĭomain Administrator or Local Administrator rightsīeyond Compare provides an option to copy NTFS security descriptors.