I just discovered a gotcha (*before* it got me).
I just noticed the ownership of the files in my backups. Everything in
my backups are owned by root and belong to group root. That's not
*completely* surprising since I always did my backups while logged in as
root (to avoid permission issues). What I never realized until now is
that ownerships are not being protected.
Here's how I've been doing my backup (on FC4):
At graphical login, log in as root (into gnome).
Insert previously used CDR.
Open a terminal.
"umount /dev/hdd".
Close terminal.
Click open "Home" folder.
Click "Places".
Select "CD/DVD Creator".
Bring to front "Home" folder.
In lower left, click box, select "/".
Drag "boot" to "Creator" window.
Drag "home" to "Creator" window.
(Ownerships already changed upon dragging.)
Drag "root" to "Creator" window.
Drag others to "Creator" window.
Bring to front "Creator" window.
Click "File".
Choose "Write to Disc...".
Choose subsequent buttons to proceed.
On the one hand, it's good that I have a backup of all the files I want.
But I do not relish the thought of restoring all the ownerships.
I like this dragNdrop process because it is so simple to a novice (like
myself). But how do I keep ownerships (and permissions and whatever
else) from being changed. These backups are barely adequate.
Just to check, I started a dry run as joeUser. After dragging *any*
directory, all the permissions were joeUser:root, *on everything*,
nested all the way down as far as the rabbit holes went. (Granted, the
only things that dropped in from the drag were the things to which
joeUser had access.)
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