[rdiff-backup-users] New System Chown Backup-Hard-drive for new user?

[Wayne Sallee]

I created a new linux opperating system. While I used the same user name, the number is different, so I copied my stuff 
over to the new system, and chowned the files over.

No problem there.

But now I need to get back to doing the rdiff-backups to the external hard 
drive.

Should I chown the external drive so that the files mach, then continue as 
usual?

Or is it not that simple? :-)

I'm trying to avoid a lengthy backup session on the new system, and avoid excessive backup files, and make easy 
retrieval should I need an older file.

I should have created the new user on the new linux system with the same user number, but to go back an do that now 
might be problematic. Maybe it would be easier.

I have close to a terabyte of files.

Wayne Sallee
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