Re: uid & gid problem restoring ubuntu made backup to new squeeze install
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:36:55 +0000 (UTC), Juan wrote in message
<[🔎] ioq81m$v83$1@dough.gmane.org>:
> 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.
..read output of 'chown --help '. ;o)
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