hello noah, tar always keeps uids/gids intact on tar/untar - so does rsync if you use "--numeric-ids" when transferring files.
regards roland > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 03.09.06 20:26:56 > An: Keith Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] using rdiff-backup for server migration Keith Edmunds wrote: > On 09/03/2006 5:55:24 AM +0100 > Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > So we built a new server and want to migrate > the user and web data file to the new machine. any recommendations > about how to get rdiff-backup to help us perform these tasks? > > > > I wouldn't do it with rdiff-backup. However, if you did want to do it > that way for some reason, backup the files from the old server and > restore to the new one (have I missed something?). > I would set up the new server with all the required software, /ensure/ > that the group and user ids are the same between the two systems (this > just makes life easier), and do either: > > > Keith, > > excellent suggestion. this is exactly what I am looking to do. I am > wondering what the best suggested practices are to make sure that the > group and user ids remain constant between the servers. Is it as easy > as copying over /etc/group /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd > > I am trying to reduce the Possibility of screwing things up here. Any > recommendations? > > Cheers, > Noah > > > > > oldsys # tar -C /var/www -cf - . | ssh newsys tar -C /var/www -xvf - > (or use rsync or scp) > and repeat for each tree of files you want to replicate. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki ______________________________________________________________________ XXL-Speicher, PC-Virenschutz, Spartarife & mehr: Nur im WEB.DE Club! Jetzt gratis testen! http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021130 _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
