Hi Jon,

> I have (finally) done a backup and restore test that actually boots...
> after two weeks of trial and error. However, I am now facing issues
> with the numeric-ids option causing failures for certain services. The
> numeric ids (as expected) get restored with regards to file
> ownsership. However, services like mysql won't start, presumably
> because the numeric id doesn't have a user (i.e. mysql) to match
> with...
> 
> How would i resolve this? Is it a long manual process of recreating
> users with these ids?

I suppose, you're talking about bare metal restore? Then you should
backup/restore your /etc/passwd, /etc/group etc. as well. They contain
the UID->Login mapping and all should be well.

HTH,

Tino.

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