[lug] best way to move samba shares to a new server

Alexander Vallens avallens at gmail.com
Sat Dec 31 10:09:12 MST 2011


rsync -a
On Dec 31, 2011 10:06 AM, "Brian Stiff" <bstiff929 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi folks-
>
> I've an Ubuntu Hardy machine that I'm using as a CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI
> server for my home LAN.  I set the server up in a hurry about a year ago to
> replace an ailing QNAP NAS (it worked great, I couldn't have been happier
> with it, until one of the ethernet ports died, three weeks out of
> warranty).  I spent a fair amount of time setting up various CIFS shares
> and sorting out the CIFS and Unix permissions to my liking.
>
> I've finally gotten around to setting up a longer-term solution, and I'd
> like to move the Samba share structure en masse to the new machine, and
> maintain the various permissions.  I've not had good luck issuing the right
> Google search to find guidance on the best way to accomplish this in bash
> or using Webmin; both servers are headless, and I didn't install X on
> either.
>
> I'd appreciate all y'all's (no, I'm not from Texas) suggestions and
> thoughts on the best way to move/copy the files, while maintaining the
> permissions.
>
> Thanks,
> B
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