Hi Tomasz Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: > I was wondering if ntfs-3g handles all Windows ACLs, permissions etc. > attributes files written on a NTFS can have. >
The advanced ntfs-3g provides support for Windows ACLs, file attributes and reparse data : see http://pagesperso-orange.fr/b.andre/advanced-ntfs-3g.html > I have a 50 GB NTFS filesystem (Windows running in a virtual machine) > which I wanted to copy over a rather slow internet link - if I use a > dd-like program, it will take me at least a week to copy data. > > Files on this filesystem take less than 10 GB space, so it would be > ideal if I could just mount the local NTFS filesystem, mount the remote > NTFS filesystem (via iSCSI), copy files, done. I'm concerned about the > state of Windows ACLs, permissions, attributes etc. after such operation > though. > > Is it possible with ntfs-3g? > Yes it is mostly possible, but not so easy. See the following threads on the project forum : http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewtopic.php?t=1035 http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewtopic.php?t=1045 You will however lose some information, such as the condensed file names (MSDOS 8+3 format). You should also check what ntfsclone can do, but I guess you want to merge the files into an existing file system. > As I understand, not only the filesystem driver (ntfs-3g) have to > support the full spectrum of NTFS ACLs, attributes - but also a > userspace program doing the copying. So, perhaps, I'd loose the > attributes when I use cp or rsync? > > Is it possible at all? > > Mount two NTFS filesystems, copy data from one to another, leaving ACLs, > permissions 100% intact? > > Also note that transferring the ACLs to another system not synchronized through an active directory is generally useless. The target system will not recognize the users defined on the source system. Regards Jean-Pierre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ntfs-3g-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel
