[Users] Cloning and permissions
Steve Wray
steve.wray at cwa.co.nz
Mon Dec 17 19:54:04 EST 2007
Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> Peter Machell wrote:
>> vzctl stop xx
>> cp -R /vz/private/xx /vz/private/xxx
>> cp -R /etc/vz/conf/xx.conf /etc/vz/conf/xxx.conf
>> vzctl start xxx
>
> To have cp preserve permissions, use the -p flag.
>
> I use tar instead of cp, for situation like this. Tar, unlike cp, is
> smart enough to handle symbolic links, permissions, ownerships, and
> sparse files. Use this age-old Unix Jedi trick:
>
> mkdir /home/vz/private/2
> cd /home/vz/private/1
> tar cf - * | ( cd ../2 ; tar xvf - )
That doesn't need a -p option? ie
'tar xpvf'
I tend to use 'tar --numeric-owner -cf' as well, just in case.
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