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--- Comment #15 from [email protected] ---
(In reply to Ray Mitchell from comment #13)
> (In reply to yelnic from comment #11 & #12)
>
> Re the various permission & ownership issues, it would be useful if you are
> still able, to perform a backup using the standard built in backup to
> workstation/USB on the old sme7.6 server, & then restore that to a clean
> install of sme8 OS on a test server.
> You could then check & see if those same permission & ownership issues are
> present (using the default backup & restore procedure).
>
> You could also try restoring the sme7.6 DAR2 backup to a clean install of
> sme8 OS on a test server & also see if the same issues arise. Remember your
> problems were on a server on which you had done a restore & then did a
> second restore, which IS NOT recommended practice.
>
> That will help identify if the DAR2 contrib is buggy on sme8, & can be your
> contribution to improving sme server & contribs.
>
> Something could be wrong with the contrib, or your incorrect restore
> methodology introduced problems, or they could even be a carry over from
> sme7.6.
>
> I would be reassessing your ongoing use of the DAR2 contrib, you would be
> better off using the built in default backup, which uses dar & was developed
> sometime after DAR2, so there is really no reason to need to use DAR2 these
> days anyway. DAR2 has effectively been obsoleted by the e-smith backup which
> uses dar, & DAR2 is not actively being maintained.
I could back the 7.6 server up again, then do a clean install of v8 on that
hardware. Then I could try the restore again. The only difference would be
that I don't think the old server was 64 bit. That shouldn't be an issue,
right?
I'll do it, check permissions, and post my findings here.
Thanks.
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