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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT)
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Ben Escoto |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT) |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:53:42 -0500 |
>>>>> Wiebe Cazemier <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:30:59 +0200
>
> I know, I liked the old way better :( The old way isn't possible
> anymore, which I think it should be. Let me explain.
>
> You use rdiff-backup to backup the entire system (putting aside my
> concerns about possible mtime presevervations of the package
> manager, which I described above). Your HD crashed, and you're going
> to restore your backup. To do so, you boot into Knoppix, somehow
> install rdiff-backup, and restore the backup to a new
> HD. Rdiff-backup will match the UID's and GID's of the filesystem to
> the /etc/passwd and /etc/group of Knoppix. Let's consider a file
> which belonged to "postmaster" on the old sytem, and which had UID
> 14. If "postmaster" has user ID 15 on Knoppix, the restored file
> will have UID 15. But, because on the system that's being restored,
> UID 15 is "man", the file which should belong to "postmaster", now
> belongs to "man" (after booting the restored system of course).
Ok I get it. I think this feature was requested before but I never
understood the use before. Shouldn't be hard to add---I added a
support request at
https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=104755
and should get to it by the next version.
--
Ben Escoto
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- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), (continued)
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Bob McKay, 2005/10/06
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Wiebe Cazemier, 2005/10/06
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Bob McKay, 2005/10/10
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Wiebe Cazemier, 2005/10/10
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Wiebe Cazemier, 2005/10/10
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Ben Escoto, 2005/10/14
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Bob McKay, 2005/10/15
- Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Ben Escoto, 2005/10/15
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup problems (FC4 -> VFAT), Ben Escoto, 2005/10/14