Robocopy error 5 0x00000005 creating destination directory

@echo off

for /f «delims=» %%a in (‘wmic OS Get localdatetime ^| find «.»‘) do set «dt=%%a»

::Format the WMIC command output in DDMMYYYY format

set «YY=%dt:~0,4%»

set «MM=%dt:~4,2%»

set «DD=%dt:~6,2%»

set «today_date=%DD%%MM%%YY%»

::Define Source path

set sourcepath1=\PROD_Network_SharedataEPM_Backups%today_date%

set sourcepath2=\PROD_Network_SharedataEPM_BackupsDataZip

set sourcepath3=\PROD_Network_SharedataEPM_BackupsScripts

::Define Destination path

set destinationpath1=\DR_Network_SharedataEPM_Backups_Copy%today_date%

set destinationpath2=\DR_Network_SharedataEPM_Backups_CopyDataZipCopy

set destinationpath3=\DR_Network_SharedataEPM_Backups_CopyScriptsCopy%today_date%

::Define Log path

set logfile=E:AdminProd_To_DR_Copy.log

::Run RoboCopy commands

REM Copy all the files, folders and sub-folders from source to destination

robocopy %sourcepath1% %destinationpath1% /E /COPY:DAT /NP /LOG+:»%logfile%»

REM Copy today’sdate(DDMMYY).zip file from source to destination

robocopy %sourcepath2% %destinationpath2% %today_date%.zip /COPY:DAT /NP /LOG+:»%logfile%»

REM Copy all the files with extensions .sh, .mxl, .ksh, .scr from source to destination

robocopy %sourcepath3% %destinationpath3% *.sh *.mxl *.ksh *.scr /COPY:DAT /NP /LOG+:»%logfile%»

Below is what each ROBOCOPY command options used above means:

ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying NTFS Security to Destination Directory. Access denied

When I was trying to figure out the right set of options for ROBOCOPY command, I encountered this error multiple times.

This error is usually caused by RoboCopy trying to copy the security settings of the files, and this causes some mismatch regarding the file permissions. 

There is a /B switch in RoboCopy for copying in backup mode but Backup mode cannot circumvent explicit NTFS deny ACL’s if the copier isn’t the objects’ owner.

Solution: Use /COPY:DAT only

Option /COPY:copyflag[s] can take multiple values based on what you want to copy for files. To Copy ALL file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU), there is an option /COPYALL.

To overcome the above-mentioned error, you should use /COPY:DAT instead of the /COPYALL option, because /COPY:DAT  ignores the NTFS access control lists (the COPY:S parameter) of the files you’re copying. 

Getting ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Creating Destination Directory while using robocopy to copy files

I am getting the above error while I am using robocopy command. I have given all possible permissions on both source and destination folders but still I am getting this error. Any idea how to fix this.

2 Answers 2

Is this to and from ntfs partitions?

If you are coping to FAT of EXT then add the /FFT parameter to assume FAT file times (2 second granularity) ext2/ext3 also uses 2 second granularity.

You could also try using the /COPY:DT parameter, by default robocopy copies the data, attributes and timestamp /COPY:DT will skip the attributes.

Also check your share permissions as well as your ntfs permissions

For me it worked fine when I ran the command directly on the server, but when I ran it from PowerShell remoting I would get this error. I was also trying to copy files from the local machine to a network share. The fix for me was to use:

Specifically, using -Credential $credential -Authentication Credssp fixed the issue for me.

You didn’t provide enough info to know if this is the same issue you were having, but thought I’d mention it for others who encounter the same error message.

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SOLVED Robocopy error 5 access is denied

arkoMax

Dabbler

Hello,
I am trying to update directory/file timestamps using robocopy from my PC (Win7) but get an error «ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Time-Stamping Destination Directory. Access is denied».

The command I am using is:
robocopy source destination /e /COPY:DT /DCOPY:T /TIMFIX /FFT

The dataset owner, and user logged on to the PC, are the same. The dataset is mapped as a drive through an SMB share, and I have no problem copying/deleting content on the share. The security properties under win explorer show full access. This seems to be similar to the problem @Cosmo_Kramer was having here, but I have no idea what that fix does or how to implement it.

The output of getfacl of the share (getfacl /mnt/VOL1/media) is:

Artion

Patron

arkoMax

Dabbler

Thanks, I looked at those pages, but to be honest I don’t quite understand them. I am technical, but only in the windows world . I have no unix/linux experience and don’t really want to go punching commands into the CLI only presuming what will happen.

Any chance you could give me a bit more direct instructions?

anodos

Sambassador

Why do you need /TIMFIX? Are you trying to robocopy a directory or an entire user profile?

One thing to bear in mind though is that by default FreeNAS has the samba parameter nfs4:mode = special set. When you viewed your permissions from the CLI, you had

These are special access control entries that are in the NFSv4 spec for compatibility with traditional posix mode bits (permissions). They behave differently than what you’d typically experience in windows. The closest approximation is «CREATOR OWNER» and «CREATOR OWNER-GROUP», which is (to simplify things) how they appear when nfs4:mode = simple .

I think the best way to work around this is to set a new inheriting ACE at the root of your share for the group that you’re using to robocopy files. You can do this through File Explorer. (You can do the user, but I prefer to manage permissions through groups.)

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Robocopy error 5 0x00000005 creating destination directory

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Is it possible to let a non administrator made copies of a folder template with permissions?

The non admin user is using:

robocopy «source» » destination » /e /copy:DATS

Copying job will proceed until half the process is done and stopped with the message below:

ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Creating Destination Directory XXXXXXX

Access is denied.

and it will continuously wait for 30 seconds but couldn’t get the rest of the folders copied over.

I couldn’t figure why the first half of the folder with NTFS permissions copied successfully but the rest couldn’t.

Please help, thank you.

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I performed similar tests in my lab just now and received the same errors, here is my conclusion:

If the user who is running the robocopy (non-administrator) has Modify permissions on the destination folder, the permissions of the source folder & files will not be copied, the error appears.

If the user who is running the robocopy (non-administrator) has Modify + special permission (Change permission), the permissions of the source folder & files will be copied, but I still received these errors although all files and folders and permissions were successfully copied.

Best regards,
Leon

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Tried this, it is successfully copied over but do not retain NTFS permission settings.

You need to make sure you have the appropriate permissions (sufficient permissions) on both the source and the destination, I performed multiple tests and noticed clear differences.

My tests were performed on the Windows Server 2016/2019 operating system.

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Robocopy error 5 0x00000005 creating destination directory

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Answered by:

Question

Is it possible to let a non administrator made copies of a folder template with permissions?

The non admin user is using:

robocopy «source» » destination » /e /copy:DATS

Copying job will proceed until half the process is done and stopped with the message below:

ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Creating Destination Directory XXXXXXX

Access is denied.

and it will continuously wait for 30 seconds but couldn’t get the rest of the folders copied over.

I couldn’t figure why the first half of the folder with NTFS permissions copied successfully but the rest couldn’t.

Please help, thank you.

Answers

I performed similar tests in my lab just now and received the same errors, here is my conclusion:

If the user who is running the robocopy (non-administrator) has Modify permissions on the destination folder, the permissions of the source folder & files will not be copied, the error appears.

If the user who is running the robocopy (non-administrator) has Modify + special permission (Change permission), the permissions of the source folder & files will be copied, but I still received these errors although all files and folders and permissions were successfully copied.

Best regards,
Leon

Blog: https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:

Tried this, it is successfully copied over but do not retain NTFS permission settings.

You need to make sure you have the appropriate permissions (sufficient permissions) on both the source and the destination, I performed multiple tests and noticed clear differences.

My tests were performed on the Windows Server 2016/2019 operating system.

Blog: https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:

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When i run robocopy i got below error. But i can see the pdf in that folder?

Robocopy \server1HR \server2HR /XF thumbs.db *.tmp /XD DfsrPrivate /E /SEC /MOT:120 /XO /B /FFT /r:2 /w:2 /log+:c:RobocopylogsHR01.LOG /TEE /FP

2020/01/07 14:06:11 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File \server1HR1. Employee Data1. Active1. Head officeHerson, Travis — Letter of Offer — 1 December 2015.pdf Access is denied.

Even though you can see the PDF it may still be permission issues, try taking ownership of the file and give yourself full control permissions, also make sure you run robocopy as administrator.

Best regards,
Leon

Blog: https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:

Please check the share permission and NTFS permission, make sure that the account has enough permission for the file.

For non administrators, folders must be under full control. In addition, some subfolders have their own permissions, and these subfolders permission should also be assigned to non administrators.

Also can see here:

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I forgot to tell you i’m copying cross forest with two trust.

Robocopy \server1.abc.comHR \server2.xyz.comHR /XF thumbs.db *.tmp /XD DfsrPrivate /E /SEC /MOT:120 /XO /B /FFT /r:2 /w:2 /log+:c:RobocopylogsHR01.LOG /TEE /FP

i’m login to the server1.abc.com and running the above command. So i use below command before run the above.

net use \ server2.xyz.com data /user:xyzasxx *

Do i have to add xyz user to the ownership?

You’ve left out the most important information, you can refer to this link:

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i already followed that steps.

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First make sure you can even access and view stuff in the other domain, make sure you use the correct credentials.

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I can see the target folders by login to the source server .. also its got copy folders and sub folders but no file copy in some folders. i think i have to give full permission to source server for destination user.

2020/01/13 22:42:33 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File \server1.abc.comHR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherWork Instructions — Ali & Dee 4.docx
Access is denied.

ERROR: RETRY LIMIT EXCEEDED.

0%
100%
New File 23131 \server1.abc.comHR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherX1,TCS, ITIS, TP, X2 Payroll Calendar 2014-2015.xlsx
0%
100%
New File 162 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. Other

$ccess Profile — Leader of Self — v1.docx
0%
100%
New File 162 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. Other

$e Plakalovic — Annual Performance Review 2014.doc
0%
100%
New File 162 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. Other

$R Audit List — 10.10.2014.docx
0%
100%
New Dir 5 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherATO Casual to FT
New File 51690 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherATO Casual to FTATO Casual to Perm — Consolidated List of Employees.docx
2020/01/13 22:42:35 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherATO Casual to FTATO1 Casual to Perm — Consolidated List of Employees.docx
Access is denied.

Waiting 2 seconds. Retrying.
New File 51690 \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherATO Casual to FTATO1 Casual to Perm — Consolidated List of Employees.docx
2020/01/13 22:42:37 ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Copying File \server1.abc.com\HR2. Site & Team FoldersAchiveDeeHR8. OtherATO Casual to FTATO1 Casual to Perm — Consolidated List of Employees.docx
Access is denied.

Waiting 2 seconds. Retrying.

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Infopackets Reader Gerry J. writes:

» Dear Dennis,

Thanks for your article on how to reset admin password on a Seagate NAS (network attached storage) — this was the only article I could find on the subject. I have a related question. I’ve done a full reset of the NAS (wiping out all data) and recreated my network shares, and now I’m ready to copy data back. In the past, I’ve used Windows file copy to do this, but sometimes it fails and then I have to start over again. I did research on this subject and it’s my understanding robocopy is a much more reliable method and will actually resume the transfer if interrupted. The problem is that every time I try to copy the data back to the NAS, I keep getting an error ‘ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Changing File Attributes’. I can’t seem to find the answer to this and require your expertise. Can you please help? «

My response:

I asked Gerry if he would like me to connect to his machine using
my remote desktop support service in order to have a closer look, and he agreed.

Below I will discuss my findings.

How to Fix: NAS, Robocopy ERROR 5 (0x00000005) Changing File Attributes

After some research, it appears that when robocopy copies files, it will (by
default) attempt to store file attributes in addition to the data and time
stamps on the destination media.

Since a NAS is essentially a mini Linux machine (box) with hard drives attached to it, attempting to modify file attributes will result in an error because Linux is in control of the storage and only permits limited changes to files — even while copying a file.

Therefore, the way to get around this problem is to not to copy the file attributes using robocopy’s command line arguments.

For example, the following command would work:

robocopy e:temp s: /e /copy:DT /w:1 /r:1 /v /log:»c:temprobocopy_copy_back_to_nas.txt»

This assumes the e:temp is the source directory and s: is the destination (NAS). The
/copy:DT switch tells robocopy to copy the data and time stamps (but
not the file attributes), while /w:1 and r:/1 says to only retry a maximum of 1 times if there is an error in the file copy, with 1 second intervals between retries. The /log:»c:temprobocopy_copy_back_to_nas.txt» line means to make a log of the file copy and save it to c:temprobocopy_copy_back_to_nas.txt, while the /v switch means to log verbose errors such as skipped files or files with errors.

How to View Robocopy Log Output (Powershell)

If you want to view the log while it’s copying, open up a powershell command prompt and run the following script:

Get-Content c:temprobocopy_copy_back_to_nas.txt -tail 1 -wait

This will provide you with a window of activity (with 1 second intervals) to
see the progress. In Gerry’s case it took over a week to copy the data back onto
the NAS, so this was incredibly useful — plus he can parse the log file for
errors if needed, described next.

How to View Robocopy Log for Errors

To scan the above log file for the word «error», you could use the following
syntax via the command line (with limitations):

type c:temprobocopy_copy_back_to_nas.txt |findstr -i error >c:temprobocopy_error_log.txt

This will output any error messages to c:temprobocopy_error_log.txt —
however you may need to open the log to find the exact reason for the error.
Frankly speaking that might be irrelevant because if the file won’t copy, it
likely won’t ever copy (due to a media error, for example). That said, it’s
worth looking at a few errors to see if the error messages are all the same. In
that case there could be a problem with the source or possibly the robocopy
arguments.

If you want a much more robust way

to extract robocopy errors from the log, consider using this powershell command
script as discussed on this page.

How to Log Robocopy Errors Only

If you only want to log only errors from robocopy regardless of the error reason, you can use this method:

robocopy [source] [destination] /copy:DT /w:1 /r:1 /nfl /ndl /njh /njs /ns /nc /np >> log.txt

I hope that helps.

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