Copy files with permissions across machines?

We are working on migrating our web/e-mail server from a red hat 9 box
to a mandrake 10.1 box. Is there a way we can copy files over while
keeping the permissions/owners on the files? If so, I assume the users
on the new box will have to have the same username and uid of the users
from the old box?
thanx
-joltman

On 7 Apr 2005 08:57:40 -0700, joltman wrote:
> We are working on migrating our web/e-mail server from a red hat 9 box
> to a mandrake 10.1 box. Is there a way we can copy files over while
> keeping the permissions/owners on the files? If so, I assume the users
> on the new box will have to have the same username and uid of the users
> from the old box?

We all know what happens when we assume.

It will depend on the fact that you copied their values from RH /etc
passwd/group/shadow into those files on MD before moving files.

Do not _just copy_ those /etc files. Add to the MD files.
Also check if RH users are in system groups (example audio,...).

Dnia 04/07/05 17:57, joltman napisa³:
> We are working on migrating our web/e-mail server from a red hat 9 box
> to a mandrake 10.1 box. Is there a way we can copy files over while
> keeping the permissions/owners on the files?

use rsync over ssh, eg.
rsync -a /home/ root@otherhost:/home/


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