Re: copying files from home directory on one machine to directory on another machine

[Alexander Kaphuk <sashaandtanya@gmail.com>]

Rob Owens wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 09:42:23PM +0200, Alexander Kaphuk wrote:
>   
> > G'day,
> >
> > I'd appreciate somebody pointing me where to look for info on how to  
> > copy files from a home directory on one machine to a directory on  
> > another machine via network.
> >
> > I've got about 100GB of data I need to copy from my desktop running  
> > ubuntu 9.04 on to a laptop running Debian Squeeze which are both at my 
> > home.
> >
> >     
> You'll have to address the ownership on those files.  If you're only
> copying your own files, rsync will handle this for you.  If you're
> copying many users' files as root, they will be assigned ownership based
> on the UID number.  This will cause a problem under these circumstances:
>
> Computer 1:
> 	user1	UID=1000
> 	user2	UID=1001
>
> Computer 2:
> 	user1	UID=1001
> 	user2	UID=1002
>
> If you transfer files from Computer 1 to Computer 2, user1's files will
> end up being owned by no one when they get to Computer 2, and user2's
> files will end up being owned by user1 when they get to Computer 2.
>
> -Rob
>
>
>   
Thanks for your input!

Sounds like my situation belongs to the former category. The files I 
need to transfer from one machine onto another are my own.

Good to know of what happens when dealing with files owned by someone else.

Thanks once again!