Re: Permissions incorrectly ordered after using XCACLS on Windows 2003

From: Bob Hollness (bob_at_blockbuster.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:43:22 +0100

are you using the version of xcacls or cacls that comes with Win2k rather
than WinNT? 

-- 
Bob
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I'll have a B please Bob.
"Janusz Romanowski" <JanuszRomanowski@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:3A86A33D-0D28-4762-B7F3-94919CDE65A4@microsoft.com...
>I am migrating about 300 Windows NT 4.0 domains into one Active Directory
> domain. I am also migrating file and print in the process. I  have 
> developed
> a way of reading the ACLs on the existing NT 4.0 servers and re-applying 
> them
> on the new Windows 20O3 servers. Unfortunately after using the XCACLS 
> utility
> to re-apply the rights, I get the following warning when I try to read
> permissions on a file or a folder:
>
> "The permissions on FolderName are incorrectly ordered, which may cause 
> some
> entries to be ineffective. Press OK to continue and sort the permissions
> correctly, or Cancel to reset the permissions"
>
> Everything seems to work correctly after pressing OK to this message.
> Obviously it would be completely impossible for me to do that for all 
> files
> and folders.
>
> I have found a hotfix (KB article ID#834721) for CACLS but that one is for
> Windows 2000. Also, I need to use XCACLS as  I believe CACLS does not 
> support
> the /Y switch. Has anybody seen this? Any help would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> Thank you in advance for taking the time to look into it.
>
> -- 
> Janusz Romanowski

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