Re: [Bacula-users] preserving ownership of restored files

On 5/14/09 4:56 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 13 May 2009 18:57:43 -0700, David Newman said:
>> A server crashed here after an upgrade/reboot. Much mayhem and sleep
>> deprivation ensued. Ugh.
>>
>> Bacula came through with most of the files needed, but restored
>> everything as root:wheel. This was from running bconsole, running
>> restore, picking the Job IDs, and selecting files.
>>
>> The UID/GIDs did not exist on the new system at the time of the restore,
>> but they do now. In this case I needed the files first so I'd know what
>> UIDs/GIDs to use on the new system.
>>
>> How to preserve ownership/groups during a restore?
> 
> I would expect restore to do that automatically, using the numeric UIDs/GIDs.
> This should work even if they aren't in the user/group databases.

That didn't happen, at least not for me.

> 
> Did you restore all files in the backup?

No. In bconsole, I did this:

1. restore

2. Option 3, pick relevant job IDs (eight of them, in this case -- one
full plus seven incremental backups)

3. cd /directory_to_be_restored

4. mark *

5. done

6. select host to be restored

7. proceed

> 
> Does bls show non root:wheel ownership for the files on these volumes?

Sorry, me bacula newbie, not familiar with bls. Where do I run this
(director or client) and what syntax to use?

thanks

dn


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