On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 07:28:51AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I'be brought up my backup script for discussion before, and folks where > helpful in solving a problem, but the solution created another. Now all > files backed up have their ownerships changed to me, brownh:brownh. > > Here's the old script, which had the problem that output was going to a > mail message that quickly exceeded system limits, and then caused the > backup process to terminate: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media|^/proc|^/sys|^/mnt" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$dirName" > 2>&1 | cat -vt > > Here's the new script which only sends an error message: > > find / -print | egrep -v "^/media|^/proc|^/sys" | cpio -pdmuv > /media/mirror/"$dirName" 2>&1 | cat -vT >/home/brownh/.backup.log > > However, it seems to convert ownership of all files backed up to > brownh:brownh. > > --
I did: cpio --help and the only thing that stuck out was this option: --no-preserve-owner Do not change the ownership of the files so maybe add this and use: cpio -pdmuv --no-preserve-owner hth, K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
