NWCONV.EXE Does Not Give Correct Permissions

 Last reviewed: October 27, 1997
Article ID: Q148174

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When you use NWCONV.EXE to convert a Netware data a security to a Windows NT server with you may find the subdirectories do not have the correct security applied.

For example, on a Netware server that has a volume root of "SYS" and several subdirectories: 

   SYS
    \APPS
      \TEST
         \A
         \B
         \C
         \D
Where normal default perms reside on volume: 

   APPS  has a Group trustee with (R    F)
   TEST  has a Group trustee with (RWCEMF)
   A..D  through inheritance on TEST would also have(RWCEMF)
After you run NWCONV.EXE, Windows NT has the following permissions: 

   APPS  has Group with RX  RX
   TEST  has Group with RWXD RX
   A..D  has group with RX RX
The problem is that A..D have RX RX (not RWXD RWXD, which is what the permissions should be based on the Netware security prior to the NWCONV.EXE utility being run).

WORKAROUND

This issue can be worked around in two fashions:

  1. Remove any trustee assignments that restrict group assignments at the root.

    -or-

  2. In file Manager, Security, on the Windows NT server, reset the file security that you require.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5 and 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K
NetWare is manufactured by Novell, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51 NTINTEROP NTSrvWkst ntutil kbnetwork
Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: October 27, 1997
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