CRS Modifies File Access Control List When TransactionMethod=Yes

ID: Q190058

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0
Microsoft Site Server versions 2.0, 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When a simple push project replicates files between two Content Replication System (MCIS, Site Server 2.0) / Content Deployment (Site Server 3.0) servers, file permissions are not inherited from the destination folder.

For example, if the destination server has directory permissions set to:


   Admins -- Full -- (All)(All)
   IUSR -- Special -- (None)(RX)

where the directory permissions are All and None and the file permissions are All and RX (Read, Execute), then when files are replicated, the file permissions are set to:


   Admins -- Full -- (All)
   IUSR -- Special -- No Access

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, configure CRS not to use TransactionMethod. You can do this from the command line with the following commands:


   CRS setglobal TransactionMethod=No
   CRS Stop
   CRS Start

To verify that the setting was correctly set, use the following command:


   CRS queryglobal

and make sure that TransactionMethod=No.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System, version 1.0 SP1, and Site Server versions 2.0 and 3.0.

Additional query words: replicate replication


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Version           : winnt:1.0,2.0,3.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 20, 1999