Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:43:33 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Justin Boss <jlboss@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backing up user name and passwords Message-ID: <20000315184333.B60236@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000315222905.22907.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>; from jlboss@yahoo.com on Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 02:29:05PM -0800 References: <20000315222905.22907.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 02:29:05PM -0800, Justin Boss wrote: > I was wondering if there is a way to backup all user > and group. I'm bring up > a new server and I tared the user directories but UID# > is different when I > add the user back. So then I have to change the owner. > Is there files that I > can just bring over form the old server? tar(1) does preserve user and group. However, the user that untars the files must have permission to create files owned by other users (i.e. root privileges). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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