Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration
Date	2016-06-05 14:40 +0200
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Mark Fletcher composed on 2016-06-05 11:40 (UTC):

> I think both these options have one potential pitfall, which is file
> ownership after the copy over of stuff I want to salvage from the outgoing
> HDD. If I do a fresh install, no guarantee that user IDs will be the same
> on the new system as I of course don't remember now what order I installed
> stuff in. My regular user ID created during install will no doubt get the
> same ID (although even that is not guaranteed as this machine started life
> as etch, if I remember rightly, then was upgraded to squeeze, then to
> wheezy, and finally to Jessie). And I don't remember exactly when I
> installed, for example, mysql in relation to other stuff. So I could have
> some fun and games copying stuff over from the old disk to the new from
> that perspective. Any clever ploys to deal with that?

Before you start, print /etc/passwd and /etc/group. :-)

When forced to create a user during installation, I create user x with passwd 
x, and the first thing I do on first boot is login as root and delete user x. 
I then install mc and do my "tidy up" before creating the group(s) I want and 
then use a script to create users, followed by setting users' initial passwds.
-- 
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 13:20 +0200
  Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2016-06-04 14:40 +0200
    Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-06-04 21:00 +0200
  Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-06-04 22:40 +0200
    Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 13:50 +0200
      Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-05 14:40 +0200
        Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 15:20 +0200
          Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-06-05 15:50 +0200
        Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 16:10 +0200
          Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 17:00 +0200
      Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-06-06 00:30 +0200
        Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 16:20 +0200
          Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-06-09 20:40 +0200
          Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-06-10 12:20 +0200
            Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 16:30 +0200
  Re: Advice sought re HDD --> SSD migration Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-06-10 12:30 +0200

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