On 8/29/05, John Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 12:01:08PM -0400, Matt Singerman wrote:
> > So, we had a server go boom.  Fortunately, we run dump nightly, and
> > the files are copied to a remote server.  However, I cannot find any
> > sort of instructions for restoring directly from files which will
> > preserver file permissions and the like.  I am assuming it would be
> > one of the following scenarios:
> >
> > (1) Build a new system, copy over the files and run restore directly
> > to the same drive.
> >
> > (2) Add a new hard drive to an existing system, run fdisk and
> > disklabel, mount the new drive, and restore each file from dump (etc,
> > var, rootdir, etc).
> >
> > (3) An option I am not thinking of.
> >
> > So, any suggestions?  All ideas welcome.  Thanks!
> 
> Both 1 and 2 are viable, 2 is slightly easier to deal with. restore will
> preserve file permissions by default.  Remember to use -r to restore instead
> of -x to extract -- it'll make sure all the inodes are the same too.
> 
> You'll get asked to set root directory modes right at the end, this just
> chown/chmods the directories which it has restored and you should say yes to
> it.
> 
> Another option it to stream the dumps from another computer and use
> "restore -rf -", I'm using this for some dumps which I've gzipped so I use
> zcat and the above.
> 

Thanks.  I think I am going to try #2 first and see how that goes.  It
seems like the safest option.  Expect to hear back shortly with me
asking specifics about commands :)

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