On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 01:23 +0000, Keith Edmunds wrote: > Vadim Kouzmine wrote: I'm sorry, two questions below were not mine:
> >>When using rdiff-backup (which I have not yet done) is it necessary > >>that all remote machines have the same users as the local machine? > > No. > > >>Moreover, do each of these users and groups on remote machines have to > >>have the same UID and GID? > > No. > This was my question: > > Another question - is there any analogy for rsync's --numeric-ids? > > Making full backup of the the system, I prefer to preserve numeric IDs. > > According to man page, I can provide mapping files, but what if just > > want no mapping at all? > Let me explain why I asked this. I re-read man page many times. I learned that default behavior is: - map user/group names and fall back to numeric IDs if no match; - provide mapping files to change default mappings. There is no easy option to just store numeric IDs as is. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I can imagine (actually I deal with) two situations like these: - I backup through ssh to remote/different server running may be different distro and don't want UID/GID to be mapped; - I restore from remote backup on the host I just booted from some (any) live CD, and don't want IDs be messed up on either backup or restore side. Indeed I don't see any reason to map UID/GID in a backup. If we preserve devices/mtime/ctime/whatever - why mapping user/group by default? Having just simple option like --numeric-ids can be useful for some group of users. > This is free software. You need to try it out. If you have problems when > you do, we'll help. The price you pay for free software is either you > read the documentation and experiment or you pay (real money) and have > someone set it up for you. I thought free software needs user opinions. rdiff-backup is a great product, irreplaceable in some aspects, and all I want just to help to make it better. Thanks, Vadim > > Good luck! > > Keith > -- Vadim Kouzmine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
