We are reorganizing our network drive into 5 new folders. I need to lock down the 5 folders to only let uses have "read" permission to the top level folder and they need to keep their current folder permissions. I can use Robocopy to copy the data and ICACLS if need be, but I suspect there is an easier way as just moving the data through Explorer is quick but permissions aren't working out well.
Currently:
\\server\common is where everything is stored (about 500 GB and 100 folders)
Moving to:
\\server\common\folder1 folder2 folder3 etc.
I need to give the users only READ permission on the new folder1 folder2 and they can retain the current permissions that they have the folders.
Windows 2k8 R2, NTFS only set, everything is on the same drive.
And any suggestions on how to best fix broken links with Excel on files that get moved? I see the app LinkFixer.
This could be a big mess. Any suggestions are appreciated.