Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:49:41
Message-Id: CAEH5T2PV-sgC_qCKcO2E+ViAXHzmBFsB0yX-sHDguTO4LYFAiQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Quick rsync backup before changing a RAID by Thanasis
1 On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > on 06/19/2013 10:15 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following:
3 >> I recently rsync'ed a drive between computers, one
4 >> running a Live CD and one not, over ssh, and somehow got all my
5 >> user/groups mixed up
6 >
7 > You should have used the option --numeric-ids
8 > (see rsync man page)
9
10 Ah-ha, that looks like it would have prevented it. I will try to
11 remember that for next time. Thank you very much for the tip.