On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 01:42:40PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 01:05:56PM +0200, Peter Mann wrote: > > > i had similar problem with rsync copy to other machines ... > > now i'm using rsync with --numeric-ids > > (don???t map uid/gid values by user/group name) > > That was the problem. I used rsync --numeric-ids -a -e ssh v74 > root@li:/var/lib/vservers in the past, tar only locally (as a > backup). Just copied over by rsync, no problems. I presume the tar > --numeric-ids and --preserve-permissions would have worked as well. yep, I think so ... > > maybe you must use tar with --numeric-owner > > (always use numbers for user/group names) > > > > this depends on host system - if you have identical uid for postfix > > on both host and guest, there is no problem, but postfix uid is > > generated by installing postfix package > > Thanks, it seems my migration can move smoothly now. > Btw, those of you who use vhashify > > lithium:/var/lib/vservers# vserver v74 hashify > Failed to initialize unification for vserver > > Is there a trick to it? http://linux-vserver.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#How_do_I_manage_a_multi-guest_setup_with_vhashify.3F make sure you did the mkdir/ln part properly > Needs more than one vserver in the target partition? no really, but with a single guest per partition, there is no benefit in unification, only potential drawbacks HTH, Herbert > -- > Eugen* Leitl <a href="leitlhttp://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org > ______________________________________________________________ > ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org > 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE