Watch for NTFS permission change and sync

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Stratbasher

Hello!

I am looking to one-way mirror one folder to another (Windows Server). The NTFS permission copy seems to work well when the files are initially created, but if I update the NTFS permissions on the source folder, RTS doesn't seem to "see" that change and it doesn't sync that new ACL to the destination folder.

Is there something I'm missing or is this intended functionality?

Bonus question, how many files can FFS support? I'm looking to copy a few million files, just under 4TB from one drive to another and am wondering how the performance will be and if I should expect any hiccups.

Thanks in advance!
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xCSxXenon

Read this section for permissions:
https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#permissions-error
Read this for FFS limitations:
https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#limitations
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Stratbasher

Thank you for the page on the limitations. I've read the post about permissions but it mentions nothing regarding what I'm asking for. It simply states that you need to run as admin if you're copying permissions, which I'm doing, and it doesn't produce any errors. I NEED to copy permissions for this so I can't ignore that feature.

In particular, what I'm looking to see is if RTS will monitor file permissions and sync them or if it will only copy the permissions on the initial sync.
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xCSxXenon

Do you mean when the file stays the same, and only the permissions change? Not sure, should be simple to test though if that is the case.
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Stratbasher

Correct, if the file / folder stays the same, same name, etc., but I change the NTFS permissions. When I tested it, it didn't sync the permission. It only synced the permissions once I deleted the file from the destination directory and it was a "fresh" sync for the file.
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xCSxXenon

Ah, I see the breakdown. We would have to wait for Zenju to chime in to find out if that is a possibility at all, and then whether or not it is feasible