Hrm, perhaps I am naive and not understanding the whole situation, but an rsync -p (or rsync -a would probably be preffered) would seem a simple way to do a great job, plus with the added features of showing you transfer progress and graceful resuming in case of a disconnect.
Am I wrong on that one? On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Robert LeBlanc <[email protected]>wrote: > +1 for tar. I've also used the numeric gid/uid for transferring whole Linux > systems between hardware with a live CD. > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Jon Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 16 Nov 2010, James Carroll wrote: >> >> > What is the right way to do this backup over ssh while preserving this >> > user/group information? >> >> tar over ssh (or if on a secure local network, tar over nc is a little >> faster). Something like this to push: >> >> tar cp . -C /source/path | ssh dest-server 'tar xp -C /dest/path' >> >> Or to pull: >> >> ssh source-server 'tar cp . -C /source/path' | tar xp -C /dest/path >> >> Jon >> >> -- >> Jon Jensen >> End Point Corporation >> http://www.endpoint.com/ >> -------------------- >> BYU Unix Users Group >> http://uug.byu.edu/ >> >> The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their >> author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> List Info (unsubscribe here): >> http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >> > > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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