forgot to run as root...

[Morgan Read]

I found this helpful re /3:
https://serverfault.com/questions/373058/comparing-owners-and-permissions-of-content-of-two-folders

If there's any gotchas that jump out - jump on in.
M

On 08/12/2024 2:28 pm, Morgan Read wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I've been running rsync for must be 20 years by now, but over that time 
> the holes in the Swiss cheese that passes for my brain seem to have 
> grown larger and been filled with budgie seed and sawdust.
> 
> I once used rsync as my regular backup solution but now settle for a 
> borg backend with pika up front and perhaps the lack of regular use 
> caused me to run:
> `[admin at server mymachine-home]$ rsync -aAX root at 192.168.1.141:/home/ .`
> And, after doing what I needed to do with /home on mymachine, I put it 
> all back:
> `[admin at server mymachine-home]$ rsync -avAX . root at 192.168.1.141:/home/`
> Only to discover - obviously in hindsight - that I'd failed to run as 
> root and now the whole of /home (appears) to belongs to `admin` (a user 
> that doesn't exist on mymachine).
> 
> So, my strategy:
> 1/ Assume that the wrong owner is the only problem thown up by the above 
> - is that assumption correct?
> 2/ Recursively chown each users home directory to their corect owner;
> 3/ Use borg/ pika to mount a recent backup and diff the ownership 
> between the backup and respective home directory to discover anything 
> owned by something other than the respective user - and labouriously 
> correct.
> 
> I wonder if anyone would be good enough to confirm whether or not the 
> above sounds like a reasonable strategy?
> 
> Very many thanks for listening.
> 
> M

-- 
Morgan Read
Grande Bretagne

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