You can also make use of the Rsync command which will copy all user permissions as well over to the new system.
OF course this is assuming the user accounts exist on the other machine. This option will provide you the ability to phase users over as well because it can do incremental changes of the directories Ie rsync -avz --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh /home [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:24:45 -0500 (EST), Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit, > > Use tar to make a single file, containing the home directories. > > Then scp that tarfile over to the new system, and then un-tar it. > > something like this: > > cd /home > tar cvf /tmp/someuser.tar someuser > > scp /tmp/someuser.tar othersystem:/tmp > > ssh othersystem > > cd /home > tar xvf /tmp/someuser.tar > > of course, replace 'someuser' with the user you want to transfer, > and replace 'othersystem' with the name of your new system. > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Amit Vyas wrote: > > > I have installed a new LTSP Server, and want to migrate some users to > > the new machine. > > > > When i tries to scp the home directory of the users to new server > > permissions of all the files changes to root. > > > > and kde is not able to start up. > > How to migrate users to new server. > > > > Please suggest. > > > > -- > > Amit Vyas. > > //Real Programmers Don't Comment Their Code It Is Hard To Write So Must > > Be Hard To Read // > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Netcore's New Website > > http://www.netcore.co.in > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > -- Patrick Prue President - Prue Consulting Inc. (905) 329-9317 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
