Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:38:49 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com> To: "Armando Campble P." <acampble@panama.c-com.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Change Unix boxes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981004003248.442C-100000@abc.xyz.net> In-Reply-To: <3616245B.86780662@panama.c-com.net>
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Armando Campble P. wrote: > How can a move a directory (/home) or a group of directory(mail space > directory), file structure from one freebsd box to a second box that are > on the same network keeping the same file structure and owership as well > as privilige and verify if the file structure is the same on both. tar and gzip will do this. but you have to be sure to groups and users exist in your /etc in the box you plan to move /usr/home to. you may want to copy your /etc directory over first. if the box you are planning to move things to does not have the appropriate groups, then the groups can't be created when you extract the archive. you can ftp or sz the files to the new box, or "split" the home.tar.gz file and move the pieces by floppy. useful commands are: split -b 1572 (for 1.6M formatted floppies) tar czvf home.tar.gz home (in the /usr dir) hope this helps. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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