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Question about tar backup

Andrew Kaplan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:31:37 GMT

Hello --

I was tasked with doing a backup of several Windows directories. These directories were copied from their original location to one of our HP-UX servers. The original location was a Windows 2008 server which utilized the NTFS filesystem with a set of permissions. One backup, via Data Protector was completed without issue. The next backup will be via the GNU tar 1.19 release.

The question that I had is the following: Will the permissions to the directories that were present on the Windows server be retained during the backup and eventual restoration?

Thanks.

Re: Question about tar backup

Steven Schweda — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:48:27 GMT

Re: Question about tar backup

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:53:52 GMT

Since these files now reside on your HP-UX server, my guess is that the only permissions that will be backed up via the gtar backup are the unix permissions.

I seriously doubt that HP-UX has any idea about any of the Windows permissions for these files. The only permissions you'll have with the HP-UX files are whatever basic Unix permissions they are currently assigned.

If you were to copy the files back to Windows you will more than likely wind up with the permissions of the user that is running the copy on the Windows server.

Re: Question about tar backup

Dennis Handly — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:22:12 GMT

Any reason you don't use Data Protector directly on your Windows box?

Re: Question about tar backup

Andrew Kaplan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:47:21 GMT

The server from which the directories came is not under our direct control. We are allowed to save files there, but nothing beyond that. Consequently, installing Data Protector on that server is not an option.

Re: Question about tar backup

Steven Schweda — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:40:24 GMT