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Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners

From Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners
Date 2021-09-12 12:30 +0200
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On Du, 12 sep 21, 08:52:55, john doe wrote:
> On 9/12/2021 3:45 AM, Richard Hector wrote:
> > On 12/09/21 12:52 pm, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > 
> > > cd /src
> > > mkdir -p /dest
> > > rsync -a . /dest/      # The trailing / matters.
> > > cd /dest
> > > find . -user mysite -exec chown mysite_test {} +
> > > find . -user mysite-run -exec chown mysite-run_test {} +
> 
> Given that you want to change the ownership, you may want to emulate the
> options implied by '-a' but without the ownership option ('-o').

It might not matter for a site[1], but do note that -a doesn't include 
-H (preserve hardlinks), -A (preserve ACLs) and -X (preserve extended 
attributes).

[1] It definitely matters for system installations, as I found out the 
hard way.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 02:50 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-12 03:00 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 03:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-12 12:30 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-13 09:10 +0200
            Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-14 08:20 +0200
              Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-14 09:00 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-14 15:50 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-15 01:00 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-12 16:30 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 18:40 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:20 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-09-12 09:50 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-12 10:10 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 02:10 +0200

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