[Box Backup] How to move store to new machine
Chris Wilson
boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 16 May 2006 20:13:13 +0000 (GMT)
Hi Pete,
> Re the permissions, I have no idea either except for the netcat tar
> deal I did. Maybe this confirms that I'm ok:
> drwxr-xr-x 2 _bbstored users 4096 Mar 1 16:44 0e
> drwxr-xr-x 2 _bbstored users 4096 May 16 12:55 0f
> The old directories has the same perms as the new ones.
If those are the permissions on the new server, and as long as the
_bbstored user has uid 1005, then it's fine.
> (this redaction/obfuscation thing I'm doing is a big pain in the neck
> waste of time, isn't it?)
Yeah, I guess :-) I don't care if anyone knows my laptop or server or
user account names. I don't think it makes it any easier to hack them.
> And I can't see any files that are dated after Friday...
On the old server? (I guess the newly created files are dated after
Friday)
> I didn't, but should have, run /usr/local/bin/bbstoreaccounts check
> <acctno> fix on all my accounts before I did the tar netcat.
You should really run that on all accounts on the new server as soon as
possible.
> That should be added to the wiki. (I think I have at least 3 wiki edits
> I need to make now.)
Ah, sweet procrastination :-)
Cheers, Chris.
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