| TheProf | Good day. I hope everyone is well. I had just finished setting up the new Edubuntu 10.10 server and was going to be conducting some testing when our old Fedora LTSP server just crashed! Fortuitous timing I suppose :) | 20:03 |
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| TheProf | My question is how do I move everyone's home files from the old to the new without messing up permissions? | 20:03 |
| alkisg | Lots of ways, none of them #edubuntu-specific... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem | 20:07 |
| alkisg | There are subpages of that wiki page, e.g. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR | 20:08 |
| TheProf | alkisg, I know what you mean about it not being Edubuntu specific. However asking in #ubuntu is sorta daunting :) | 20:10 |
| alkisg | There's also #ubuntu-beginners which might be more friendly | 20:10 |
| TheProf | alkisg, ah - didn't know that. My confusion about backing up and restoring are due in part because many of the online instructions are how to backup/restore only a single user. Will these systems work for multiple home accounts? IE: backup A/B/C and restore them so when they log into the new accounts A gets access to A, etc, etc? | 20:12 |
| alkisg | Those instructions are for complete systems, not for single users, so they apply. | 20:13 |
| TheProf | alkisg, Great. I was just worried since due to the crash I'm being forced to make this server a production one without the normal testing to make me comfortable with it, etc | 20:14 |
| TheProf | OK one more question please -- my plan was to export and then import the users/passwords using the Webmin interface. Is there another way that allows me to bulk create accounts while maintaining their old password? Thank you | 20:29 |
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