On 24.07.2010 06:29, Alex Ferrara wrote: > > > On 23/07/2010, at 10:42 PM, Carlos Mennens <carlos.menn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I did a search on the web and there are so many different methods / > > variations of using this powerful tool. My question for you guys is > > very simple and I would like to hear from people on the list who use > > this daily what the best command would be to transfer all data from > > one server (srv_old) to my newly build server (srv_new)? > > > > I have one directory "/home" which contains everyone's mailbox & email > > which I want to rsync from 'srv_old' to 'srv_new'. I am just looking > > for the fastest and most secure method of doing something like this: > > > > rsync -avz ssh /home/ r...@srv_new:/home > > > > Thanks for any help! > > -- > > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > > To unsubscribe or change options: > > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > The short answer is > > rsync -avz /home/ r...@srv_new:/home/ ...
And, if not already done, you should sync /etc/password (and /etc/group) before you do the rsync, otherwise rsync can't match the owners/groups. (See long description of "--owner" in the man-page) But another run after fixing that is also no problem, rsync will then fix the meta-data. Or, if you are sure the (U/G)IDs will be the same at some point in the future, you can run rsync with "--numeric-ids". Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
