Hey Hadailton and everbody else,

With the v2 GUI client permissions ARE retained under certain specific
circumstances.  The restore must be initiated in a specific manner and the
destination comes into play.

With the v3 client, I do not know how it works since it seems you initiate
backups using only one method.

While I don't usually like to ask questions with having not done research
on the topic myself, I was wondering if anyone has seen a cheatsheet on
when permissions are retained and when they are not.

TIA,
  Dan Thompson

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> From: Hadailton Carvalho <hadailton AT VNET.IBM DOT COM>
> From: Hadailton Carvalho <hadailton AT VNET.IBM DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Directory permissions aren't restored (NT client)
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 8:40 AM
>
> Hi ADSMers.
>
> We are working with:
>
> .. AIX version 4.1.5;
> .. ADSM server for AIX, version 2.1.5.6;
> .. Windows NT 4.0;
> .. NT client, version 2.1.0.6 (ptf4); and
> .. anothers clients.
>
> I and the NT administrator are making some tests. Everything works fine,
> but we have encountered an undesirable condition: when we restore one
> entire directory or one file, the permissions aren't restored.
> We are using the "administrator" account, that have all the priviledges.
>
> We have read the client documentation ("Using the Microsoft Windows
> Backup-Archive Clients"), with the folowing information:
>
> "When you back up Windows NT files on NTFS disks ADSM also backs up file
> security information and these file descriptors:
>     . Owner security information (SID)
>     . Primary group SID
>     . Discretionary access control list (permissions)
>     . System access control list (auditing information)"
>
> So, we have concluded that the ADSM will also restore them.
> Could anyone help us ?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Hadailton.