Re: uid & gid problem restoring ubuntu made backup to new squeeze install
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:36:55 +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> I'm in the process of moving from Ubuntu to Debian. I've installed
> squeeze and want to restore some of 2 users home files and directories
> from a backup made in Ubuntu. There are also some files from /etc needed
> to be restored.
>
> I preserved the user names for both of users in a new squeeze
> installation but UID and GID are different. So, by simply using 'cp - a'
> (or rsync) I would run into problem of their mismatch.
>
> Is there a simple and quick way to resolve it or I'll have to go trough
> this mess manually one step at a time?
>
> I know I could change UID and GID in Debian to Ubuntu values but I am
> quite reluctant to go this way.
>
> Thank you.
Looks that I've confused in my memory Debian UID's and GID's with Fedora
ones. Just a quick glance resolved the "problem" - Debian uses the same
values as Ubuntu does. Good.
Sorry, for an invalid question. I'll try to be more careful in the future.
Thank you.
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