On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 03:49:37PM +0200, Nenad Antic (KI/EAB) wrote: > [6/7/2007 2:56 PM] Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 02:29:16PM +0200, Nenad Antic (KI/EAB) wrote: >> >>> [6/7/2007 12:26 AM] Jerome Fong wrote: >>> >>>> I was wondering if there was a way to save and duplicate my cygwin >>>> installation so I can replicate it on a different machine. >>> [snip] >>> >>> The following has worked for me over more than 6 computers since 99: >>> >>> Do >>> >>> mount -m > cygwin_mount_points.bat >>> >>> Shut down all cygwin apps, including installed services. Archive the >>> entire cygwin directory with WinRAR (shareware, and so much better than >>> any xZip, will preserve symlinks). >>> >>> cd to the cygwin dir and save all ntfs file permissions using Pedelstal >>> Software's NTSEC suite (shareware and still available at >>> http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000034210), more specifically using >>> saveacl. >>> >>> saveacl -r -usepriv * cygwin_permissions.txt >>> >>> Use your text editor of preference and globally search and replace any >>> user names that have changed between the old and the new computer in >>> 'cygwin_permissions.txt'. >>> >>> Unpack the cygwin archive to your new location on the new computer. >>> >> >> That seems like a lot of work to go to when you could just use tar to >> create >> the archive. It will create files with the proper permissions. > > But what if the user name is changed on the new machine? What about the SIDs > in /etc/passwd and /etc/group? Do mean that when passwd and group are > regenerated and if the user names stays the same everything will have the > right permissions after untarring?
Yes, it should. Just like on... linux. It does mean that there is an extra "regenerate the passwd/group" step in what I've previously outlined though. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
