Hi Jon, > I have (finally) done a backup and restore test that actually boots... > after two weeks of trial and error. However, I am now facing issues > with the numeric-ids option causing failures for certain services. The > numeric ids (as expected) get restored with regards to file > ownsership. However, services like mysql won't start, presumably > because the numeric id doesn't have a user (i.e. mysql) to match > with... > > How would i resolve this? Is it a long manual process of recreating > users with these ids?
I suppose, you're talking about bare metal restore? Then you should backup/restore your /etc/passwd, /etc/group etc. as well. They contain the UID->Login mapping and all should be well. HTH, Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.forteego.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
