Using Shadow copy on a network shared file

Question

If I revert a file back to the previous version using the shadow copy feature.
will it change the access permissions of that folder back to what they were?

Or will it keep the current permissions they are set to?

It is a network-shared folder within a domain.
I need to revert the permissions but don't remember what they were set to

Answer 1

Hello there,

Permissions will be restored if you restore the shadow copy (the whole volume). When you restore a file, the file permissions will not be changed; permissions will remain the same as they were before the restore. When you copy a previous version of a file, the permissions will be set to the default permissions for the directory where the copy of the file is placed.

You can restore with permissions using robocopy utility

The below thread discusses the same issue and you can try out some troubleshooting steps from this and see if that helps you to sort the Issue. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7cc6d60e-7c62-49de-b374-cb64f75b5909/previous-versions-restore-not-restoring-ntfs-permissions?forum=winserverfiles

Restore a previous version of a file

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc778220(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
Hope this resolves your Query !!

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