Just an extra to Scotts post
UNIX keeps UID/GID as numbers.
It is polite for ls to go and look in /etc/passwd and /etc/group and replace
the numbers with the text for us humans. You can see this by doing a
"ls -aln". This can be a problem when you copy them to another system (NFS
has this problem too). Unless the username/group coressponds to the same
number, files magically belong to someone else after copying. As
administrator, you will need to keep UID/GID consistent between the two
systems.
Also, try using the --delete switch on rsync if you are intending to keep an
exact mirror. The --delete switch will delete the files on the target if
they have been deleted on the source.
I use "rsync -avz --delete sourcehost:directory/ directory" to do a suck
mirror
Ian.
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