[ale] backup copy /home/user

[James P. Kinney III]

Try archiving the data first.  Use 
tar cvzpf home-user.tar.gz /home/user/*

Then burn that file to CD. When you are ready to reinstate it, as root:
cd /
tar xvpzf <path>/home-user.tar.gz

The files will be back where they were but now on the new machine.

It would also be a good idea to backup /etc/passwd, /etc/groups and
/etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow. This will move the old setup for users and
keep the UID/GID number in line with the tarball backup you just moved.

Note: if you copy over the new /etc/shadow with the one from the old
machine, the root password will change to what it was on the old
machine. You have been warned!

On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 10:36, Christopher Russell wrote:
> I am trying to copy /home/user from one RH9 machine to another RH9
> machine, using a CDR; but the files and directories lose their
> permissions. How should this be done properly, please?
> 
> WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR:
> I used a CDR, and syntax from RH8 Bible by Negus, p471.
> 
> mkisofs -o /var/tmp/user.cd /home/user
> cdrecord -v speed=10 dev=0,0,0 -data /var/tmp/user.cd
> 
> WHAT HAPPENS:
> On copying the files and directories into the new /home/user directory,
> icons are labeled as user not having necessary permissions. e.g.,
> /evolution has changed from 700 to 555, /stuff has changed from 755 to
> 555, and a .html file has changed from 664 to 555.
> 
> WHAT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS:
> A CD is an archive media, and so it's something in the way I made the
> CD, but what should have been the way to do this please, please?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris
> 
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