On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:26:55 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Another lesson learned. > > I went for easy way out, tar.gz /var/* directory copy it to another > > machine. > > The "-p" option will preserve ownership and permissions. You need to add > it to both compressing and extracting.
That's the default anyway, but it only works if you extract as root or
the user that owns the files.
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Neil Bothwick
WinErr 042: Virus error - A virus has been activated in a dos-box. The
virus, however, requires Windows. All tasks will automatically be closed
and the virus will be activated again.
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