If i share a folder using samba on a LM8.1 machine. and then smbmount from a LM9 machine. The files on the LM8.1 machine as seen by the LM9 machine are owned by root and group root. But on the LM8.1 machine the owner and groups are the original owners of the files.
The LM8.1 is about to be replaced with a LM9 + Dat drive. But for now I need to backup all the files on the LM8.1 machine using the Dat drive on the LM9 machine using tar, but i kneed to keep all owners and groups the same as the originals. I can't do this if the LM9 machine sees them as all owned as root. I smbmount using a normal user account, and do the tar ing as su. Anybody have any ideas. many thanks Mr Smiley :o)
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