Re: Correcting permissions on files

[Maarten Vink <vink@interstroom.nl>]

Scott St. John wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> The Debian box has been a true blessing this week and I am ready to
> move our users off BSDi/Sendmail to our new Debian/Postfix box.  I have
> the accounts in the system, but am curious if anyone has some tips on
> scripting a way to fix permissions on home directories and files once the
> accounts are on the new server.
>
> I am using ncftp to bring the user home directories over to the new server
> and need to fix the owner/permission on each home directory and then
> also do the same when I bring their email over.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Scott

1) Don't use ftp; mount the drive via NFS. This won't cause permission 
problems.
2) If you need to use FTP, create a big tar(.gz/.bz2) file and copy that 
file. This will also allow you to preserve permissions. If you don't 
have enough diskspace to create this file, pipe it through an ssh-tunnel 
so you won't need any additional diskspace.


If both are not possible, I'm afraid you'll have to script something 
yourself.

Maarten Vink