why does this cammand not work (part 2)

[matthew mills]

thanks!
rcp -r -p ngbva:/oracle /

It works, I can copy a directory from one HPUX server to another. The problem now is that it keeps the permissions but changes the user:group on all files moved to root:sys. I have the same user name-userid and goup name-groupid on both systems. any ideas??

thanks in advance.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Did you try the command I gave you ?

It keeps the all permissions.

0 points please

[Peter Nikitka · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I don't think this can be done with 'rcp'.
Use tar:
cd dest;
remsh nbgva 'cd /source;tar cf - .' | tar xf -

You can compress the stream, if networking is an issue:
remsh nbgva 'cd /source;tar cf - . | gzip' | gunzip | tar xf -

You may have to use the full path of gzip (or other compressing program).

mfG Peter

[RAC_1]

rcp -pr user1@source_host:/path user@destination_host:/path

Anil

[matthew mills]

robert,

the command: find /source | cpio -ov | remsh server " cd /copy ; cpio -idvum "

looks like it is pushing the files. do to the nature of the server I can not push files, only pull them. can this be modified to pull??

[A. Clay Stephenson]

You are reading something into the "-p" option that is not there. -p preserves the times fields and the permissions bits of the mode field. It says nothing about ownership:group; that is determined by the user doing the command. You need to use a scheme like cpio ... | remsh remotehost cpio ... to preserve all the attributes including setuid and setgid bits as well as ownership.

[Tom Smith_9]

You could "su" to the oracle account and then issue the same "rcp" command. As long as the oracle "account" on the remote machine has a .rhosts entry this should work.