[CLUE-Talk] user accounts

[junv]

assuming that the list of user accounts will be exactly the same as the new 
machine i'd do nfs mount then:

cd /home/; tar cvf * | (cd /mntpoint; tar xvf -)





At 10:39 AM 11/19/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>What is the best way to move user accounts (email/shell) to another
>machine? I am assuming that I can tar up their directories but how do I
>preserve their permissions, is that a switch in the tar command?
>
>My other question is one pertaining to backups. Does anybody know of a way
>to do remote backups using the /dev/rmt device and ssh? If so, then where
>can I find a tutorial on using the remote tape device?
>
>JStanley
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