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List:       gentoo-amd64
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID
From:       Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-06-19 19:49:12
Message-ID: CAEH5T2PV-sgC_qCKcO2E+ViAXHzmBFsB0yX-sHDguTO4LYFAiQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> wrote:
> on 06/19/2013 10:15 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following:
>> I recently rsync'ed a drive between computers, one
>> running a Live CD and one not, over ssh, and somehow got all my
>> user/groups mixed up
>
> You should have used the option --numeric-ids
> (see rsync man page)

Ah-ha, that looks like it would have prevented it. I will try to
remember that for next time. Thank you very much for the tip.

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