Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:12:29 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@serv1.wallnet.com> To: Steve Wingate <steve@velosystems.net> Cc: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: copying a directory and sub directories Message-ID: <20011216130054.P30948-100000@serv1.wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20011215211432.76ab7ea0.steve@velosystems.net>
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Regarding rsync, which in some tests I've run copying old hardware's OS and files to a new replacement works very well, I have a question. If I need to copy entire directories of users --their home directories and contents, how do I copy them? for example: bash2.0.3> rsync -uavv eris.njit.edu:/usr/online /usr/online will attempt to copy in verbose archive mode, updated files from the remote machine to the local machine (the /usr/online directory in total) but, as I can't ssh as root, (I am the machines admin), the user files in the directory (and the directory, itself) are owned by their respective users and my non-root account doesn't have permissions to copy. Have I missed something in rsync, or do I need to edit ssh (rsync's default transport) to allow root logins? I'm not exactly thrilled by the prospect of allowing root ssh access, but I'll reconfigure ssh if I have to. Thanks, Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Steve Wingate wrote: > rysnc > > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:20:45 -0500 > "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > I am in a jam an need to copy a 2 gig directory including it's > > subdirectories from one machine to another....how can i do this without > > having to enable ftpserver service on the source machine....in other words > > I can FTP it from source to target...and since tar has it's 2gig > > limitation I cannot tar the whole directory and subs. > > > > Thanks to anyone who can help. > > > > > > > > G. Jason Middleton > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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