// From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3118439/how-to-copy-ntfs-permissions //private static void CopySecurityInformation(String source, String dest) //{ // FileSecurity fileSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(source, AccessControlSections.All); // fileSecurity.SetAccessRuleProtection(true, true); // from http://www.codekeep.net/snippets/1dc00f8c-b338-4760-aecb-024fe5009ed6.aspx // File.SetAccessControl(dest, fileSecurity); // FileAttributes fileAttributes = File.GetAttributes(source); // File.SetAttributes(dest, fileAttributes); //} // From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.setaccesscontrol.aspx private static void CopySecurityInformation(String source, String dest) { FileSecurity sourceFileSecurity = File.GetAccessControl(source, AccessControlSections.All); FileSecurity destFileSecurity = new FileSecurity(); string sourceDescriptor = sourceFileSecurity.GetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(AccessControlSections.All); destFileSecurity.SetSecurityDescriptorSddlForm(sourceDescriptor); File.SetAccessControl(dest, sourceFileSecurity); FileAttributes fileAttributes = File.GetAttributes(source); File.SetAttributes(dest, fileAttributes); }